How Drugs Affect The Family

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Hurting Your Family Financially

Drugs cost money. The people making and selling drugs aren’t in the business to make you happy—they’re in it for the money.

Drug use can cost anywhere from less than $100 to several thousand dollars a month, depending on what drugs you use, how often you use them, and where you live.

So how does it hurt your family financially if you use drugs?

• You steal money, credit cards, or items of value from them to sell or trade for drugs
• They may have to mortgage the house to cover the expenses for treatment
• They may have to sell valuable items to raise the money to pay for  treatment
• They may have to wipe out college and retirement accounts to get you help

You Hurt Your Relationship with Your Family

Substance use by children is one area that causes parents great concern.

If using drugs starts to consume your life, your relationships become less important, and you lose interest in school, sports or work. You may withdraw from family members and activities.  What if using drugs becomes a need and turns into an addiction? Just think twice.gov