No parent wants to see their kid turn into an alcoholic or drug addict, and many educate their kids on the dangers of drugs and alcohol while they’re still young so the risks of alcoholism and drug addiction are minimized. Nevertheless, an alarming number of   college-age kids are getting into alcohol and drugs every year, and your kid could be one of them. Entire educations can be wasted if your kid isn’t gotten into drug rehab sooner rather than later.

In 2006, the average age of the one million people who took cocaine for the first time was 20. Ecstasy was about the same both for the number of people introduced to it, and their average age. More than twice that number of people used marijuana for the first time, the average age was 17, and the nearly 100,000 people who were introduced to heroin also averaged 20 years old.

What does that mean? That millions of kids are taking drugs for the first time just when they’re starting their college education and working out their careers and their futures. And many of them are living out of the home and beyond their parents’ immediate observation. They’re in college, but it’s possible they should be in drug rehab instead.

If you have a kid who is going to college soon, or is already in college, you should find out very quickly if they’re involved in drugs or alcohol and, if so, get them into a successful drug rehab program now. That will ensure they get the most out of their education, proof them up against the pressures to take drugs and drink, and possibly prevent serious injury, or worse. A drug rehab program counselor can help you figure out if your kid is taking drugs, and what to do about it.

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