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Drug addicts are sometimes thought to be unemployed, poor and from the inner city and an addict only if they need to use drugs everyday or if they have withdrawal symptoms from quitting drugs.

Misconceptions like these can lead more people into trying and using drugs or people assuming that there is no way their loved one can be an addict.

The real deal is that there are a lot of drug addicts who appear to be functioning normal and are employed and may not use drugs everyday and so they don’t experience physical withdrawal when they stop using drugs.

If you look around, you can spot the obvious drug addicts in the streets, but if you look even closer in the work place, homes and schools you can probably spot drug addicts here and there if you know the signs and symptoms of drug use.

Below are a few signs of drug use, but shouldn’t always be assumed that someone is using drugs because of these symptoms, but can be further looked into to make the decision. Once you’re sure the person is using drugs, you can make the right approach to help them get off drugs. If you still don’t know if the person is using drugs, but have a feeling, then you should ask them out of love and they may tell you. If the answer is no, then you may want to see if there are some other problems that need to be addressed which lead you to think that they’re using drugs.

Some Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use

1. Cannot look at you comfortably in the eyes when speaking, being spoken to or approached. This can be a sign of shyness or lack of communication skills
2. Not dependable. Late to work/school all the time with no progress in showing up on time.
3. “Not caring” attitude, sad or grumpy. A person could just be like this, but it can also be a hint that there is a prolonged drug use problem.
4. Doesn’t listen well and has a short attention span. People can have this problem. Kids can be going through a growing phase. You can observe though to determine if there is drug use involved.

There are other signs and symptoms of drug use and they can even be narrowed down to determine which drug is being used. There is a little booklet called Drug Facts that covers these signs and symptoms for alcohol, marijuana, heroin, crack and cocaine, lsd, pcp, crystal meth, oxycontin, inhalants, steroids and ecstasy and it even covers some of the drugs nicknames. It’s packed with useful information and is very inexpensive.

The important thing here is to be alert and aware of sudden changes in behavior patterns and to get that person some help to get off drugs. Drugs can lead to prison or death and a lot of unnecessary heartache.

If you want to get someone off drugs, there is the First Step Program book which has proven itself to be effective in helping people withdrawal from drugs and even alcohol.

Lets hope that you don’t need to withdrawal anyone from drugs. If you don’t need to withdrawal anyone from drugs, then you should look at how to prevent drug use so that you won’t ever have to go through the tragedies that drug use can bring about on a family. There are successful ways to prevent drug use and would be worth looking into.

Drug prevention starts with drug education, so the key is to educate the dangers of drug use and to expose the false information about drugs that society is working hard to promote. Drug education videos are an easy way to educate kids and others about the dangers of drug use.

Give it a try. You have nothing to loose and a chance to prevent drug use and help the world become that much more drug-free!

The only way we’ll achieve a drug-free world is to help get the ones that are on drugs off and to educate others about drugs so that they’ll never use drugs.

Drug addicts need someone to reach out and help them get off drugs and kids need people to give them the truth about drugs to help prevent them from trying drugs.

That means it’s up to the people who care and who can do something about it!

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