Fellow DUers, I need help! (kids/drugs) [View All]

[russian33]

My brother is 17 years old, and I'm afraid he's sinking into some heavy drug use. My parents are in denial, and when they confronted him, he promised to go clean, and threw away all of his paraphanalia (spell?). But my sister and I believe he's just lying to them, telling them something they want to hear. We were kind of proven yesterday when my sister found a $20 missing from her wallet, and it looked like someone went thru her jewelry box. My mother is making excuses ('Maybe he needed money to go to the movies?').

I live in a different state, so it's hard to monitor the situation at home, and right now I fell useless. But I need to do something! Because at this rate he's either going to get hurt from the drugs, or from not paying on time.

Any ideas, suggestions, resources, would be GREATLY appreciated! This is completely new to us, my sister and I grew up without any problems like that...and it's killing me to have my little brother slip away from us.

Thank you so much.