Little brothers taking drugs

[hellymyname]

I found out today that my younger brother who is 15 is taking drugs. I knew he smoked weed and smoked and drunk and stuff and my mum knows he smokes and drinks and i tried telling her he smokes weed but she wont listen to me. So anyway today i found out that he is taking ketamine and exstacy.. he left his facebook open on our family computer with conversations up talking to dealers and friends about when they wanted to meet up and get high. It seems he is taking it quite alot and it isnt even at parties.. they will just meet in a carpark and get high. He's only 15 and I don't know what to do. If i tell my mum he will hate me forever and i will ruin his life, and there is a chance he is just experimenting. I dont know if he is necessarily addicted yet to the harder drugs but im scared he will be. I really dont knwo what to do. I saved the conversations as proof if i did tell my mum as she sees him as her little baby boy and usually refuses to believe a bad word i say about him but im really reluctant to show her because i dont know what will happen and im scared about the consequences.

[sandyRoe]

I'm sorry to hear that he's taking drugs. I don't think there's anything much you can do about it.
Where does he get the money for them?

[slinky.kate]

what a night mare,have you comfronted him?

[Wrongn3mber]

Unfortunately drug taking is rife amongst teens and has been for a little while. If he goes on to coke, crack or heroin or dies from his drug taking you will forever blame yourself. Tell your mother asap as you only have his best interests in mind.

[Old_Geezer]

As he left the PC running with the facebook evidence on show, surely it would have been fairly simple to get your parents to look at it without necessarily being implicated yourself ?

If it comes to that he doesn't know they didn't

Ultimately it is your parents' responsibility to decide how they deal with this. My advice would be to have a quiet word with them but say you don't want it known you were involved. It's then up to them.

[murraymints]

I would leave the page open "accidentally"" so your mum can see it for herself...do it whe your bro is not likely to be around....

[hellymyname]

im not sure where he gets the money from but he occassionally steals from me

[rowanwitch]

if you can prove he has stolen from you give you mum thzat evidence and then tell her why he is staeling chances are he's doing some other minor stuff like shoplifting...better it comes from you than the police on the doorstep with news that no one wants to hear...

[redcrx]

why will telling your mum ruin his life? taking drugs is what will ruin his life.

can you not talk to him yourself?

[Old_Geezer]

IMO if you talk to him yourself he is unlikely to be persuaded, and you will have let the cat out of the bag that you know.

I didn't spot what age you are, but these sort of matters are your parents' responsiblity, they ought not be on your shoulders. Pass them on.

[chattykathy]

You can contact 'talk to frank' on 0800 776600 and talk to them in confidence.

[Nosha123]

he is ruining his own life....
you would be doing him a favour by telling your parents! and could actually be SAVING his life!
Dont wait too long!!!

[Nosha123]

and it was wise of you to save the facebook conversations too! Especially if you feel you mum might not believe you!
One day - he may be very grateful to have a sibling like you!!