Should I do something, teens taking drugs

[Jane1978xx]

My daughter (15) and her close friends are very open with me about what they do and also what they know school friends are up to. A lot of things they say they have heard friends do are maybe against what parents rules would be but I don’t do anything because it’s not dangerous and to be honest what a lot of teens do. For example vaping or skipping school. Recently they’ve said that 2 of their friends in school are doing ketamine on weekends. It doesn’t sound like gossip on the details that they know. I’m thinking this is out of harmless teen behaviours. I think I need to do something but I don’t know how to go about it. I know one of the parent so I could say something to them or I could ask my daughter to tell the teachers in school. I would like to know what others would do

Keep communication open. Talk to them. Learn about ketamine and ecstasy which are very commonly used now by teens. Don't report yet but keep your ears open for now. Educate yourself and the girls.

thewaveclinic.com/blog/ketamine-use-in-teens/

I’d go straight to the school.

my concern isn’t my daughter but safeguarding these class mates . So I think the best thing is to let school know what I’ve heard

Ketamine at 15 would concern me. I would tell the parents.

I would tell the school and if I knew the parents maybe too

So hard as you don’t want to lose the trust of your daughter.
I think I’d tell school although I suspect they can’t do much other than a general anti drugs talk which will likely be ineffective.

Hard call about the parents as I would very much want to know if it were my child but it also feels a difficult thing to approach on what is basically gossip from other teens.

Straight to safeguarding at school. No need to tell your daughter.

Tell the school, even leave them an anonymous message. They’ll probably talk to the students and might even get a specialist drugs speaker in. The taking of ketamine is far more common than we think

It happens. It’s common.
the side effects are life destroying - look up ketamine bladder.

It’s very concerning.

Tell school, ketamine is a dangerous drug and id be really worried about teenagers doing it

I’m going to contact school when they are back in next week. I’ve seen posts on social media making suggestions about it on social media. I wouldn’t say anything about ‘minor’ issues like vaping or skipping school but this feels a lot more serious.