Drug culture and raves

[Claybury]

Help My DS15 is v interested in party drug culture and has admitted using ecstasy, speed, 2cb and lots and lots of weed as he says but ' never on a school night' as if that's ok then. No amount of talking to him by adults seems to persuade him the dangers of what he is meddling in. He's been seeing drug counsellor for a year. Can anyone with experience offer me hope ? Am worried as he's so young and obviously he thinks we are over reacting. Very happy stable home with horrified parents

My brother at 15 was into lots of weed, parties and occasionally harder drugs.

Currently at 25 he is 2nd Lieutenant in Her Majesty's Household Cavalry after getting a 2.1 from St Andrews in Zoology.

You don't have to approve, but as long as you let him know that you love and support him and he's always got people to turn to he'll be likely to turn out ok. If he's keeping it to the weekends he's doing better than my brother did and definitely showing a sense of priorities in his life. If he's seeing a drugs counsellor then all the necessary information to make the right choices at the right times is available.

He's obviously experimenting because your home is happy and stable and makes him feel safe and loved. The fact that he's admitted it to you indicates that he feels he can trust you. If there are no negative pressures on him (depression, anxiety etc) which lead to the drugs use they will simply tail off as he gets older.