There's been a few recent articles regarding the drug use of Elisabeth Brockovich, daughter of environmentalist Erin Brockovich.  Apparently when Erin was touring the US, promoting her movie, her daughter took full advantage of her mother always being gone.  She admits to having a cocaine addiction despite several rehab stays.  This makes me wonder about how many other teens are taking full advantage of their parents jobs and the time they're left alone.  I'm not sure if the parents are to blame or for the teens.  These days, most households have two working parents, or there is just a single parent doing all of the work.  This sad because kids and teens are left by themselves with less insentive to stay out of trouble. 

It's not really our place to comment on why people chose to turn to drug abuse.  But obviously her daughter felt neglected and was reaching out somewhere, and found drugs, which is very sad.  I saw a news article about this also and her mom is completely committed to getting her daughter help.  I hope the best for her and her recovery. 

My parents where always telling me that i was the bad girl the fat one and the ugly one this took me to a decision to think about suicide my sister did it and my best friend i became depress i stopped eating and throwing up i became anorexic.i cried every single night i was really depress i started to drink alcohol and abuse drugs. my parents of course didnt know about this they where depressed about my sister who killed herself because of their fall. when i was about to overdosed by using depression drugs. my brother called we started to talk and then i was crying and i had to tell someone what was happening my parents no they didnt care about me i told my brother everything and he took me to church and they help me.i have about one year of recovery i have good grades and i live with my brother if it werent for God and my brother calling that day at that hour i will be dead right Know and i still remember the day the year and the hour i was about to end my life it was at 2:00am thursday january 11 2008.

Wow your story is truly amazing and also empowering.  I think we've all been at very low points in life, but your situation would could be unbearable for anyone.  My brother has also been a tremendous help in my life.  It's definitely easier to relate to siblings, they have mostly the same life experiences, but offer a different perspective. I'm so glad you had your brother that day, and I'm also happy that you're still in recovery and doing well, thank you for sharing your story!

I think ids should be taught from a young age that its not pleasing your parents or being rebelious, there are reasons why these drugs are prohibited.