It is an ironic but very real fact that sometimes, the parents are the last people in the world to realize that their child has been abusing drugs and alcohol. The fact that it is natural for parents to believe in the best in their children, and that they had to rely on such unreliable means as intuition and sniff-tests when they hug children good night, may be factors that lead to their being kept in the dark regarding their children’s drug use.
But this no longer necessarily needs to be the case. Nowadays, parents may already make informed, scientific assessments as to whether their children have gone down a dangerous route – and do something about it – through drug testing. Home drug tests are now being described as “parenting tools” that parents may want to consider having handy at home.
