You Have Identified Risk Factors

Understanding Your Loved One’s Substance Use Risk

Because you’ve identified a number of factors that could put your teen at higher risk of developing a substance use disorder, it’s important to know why these factors can cause problems, and what you can do to protect your child by bringing down that level of risk. Below is information about each of the risk factors you identified, and some resources that can help you address them.

Research shows that the earlier and more effectively these factors are addressed, the less likely it is that a teen will develop a problem with substance use. You can make a difference.