Signs and Symptoms of Youth Chemical Dependency

 

- Decrease of attention span - Drop out of extracurricular activites
- Increase abscence from school - Loss of ordinary will power
- Problems in school (Behavior, skipping classes) - Increase truancy/Legal issues
- Grades Change - Onset of daily highs
- Changes in peer group - Impaired thinking/obsession with using
- Changes in appearance & personality - Runs out of alibis
- Less time spent with family - Continuing to act "Big and Bad"