MEGAN CRUZ HAS THE
IMPORTANT CHECKLIST EVERY PARENT
SHOULD HAVE IN TONIGHT'S STATE
OF ADDICTION.
>> SHE NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING OF
IT.
I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE I DID
NOT BUY MY FOIL.
MEGA NO RED FLAGS WHEN SPOONS
STARTED DISAPPEARING FROM HER
KITCHEN.
NOW, SHE KNOWS BETTER.
>> WHEN I LOOKED BACK, AND I
KNOW ALL THE SIGNS, THEY WERE
ALL THERE.
MEGAN: IT TOOK TWO YEARS BEFORE
SHE THOUGHT SOMETHING MIGHT BE
WRONG.
SHE BROUGHT 19-YEAR-OLD BRITNEY
TO THE DOCTOR AFTER SHE KEPT
GETTING SICK.
>> SHE WOULD GET THIS COUGH.
MEGAN: THE DOCTOR SAID HER
DAUGHTER TESTED POSITIVE FOR
HEROIN.
>> I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
MEGAN: TURNS OUT, SPOONS, FOIL,
AND SICKNESS, ARE CLASSIC SIGNS
OF POSSIBLE DRUG USE.
>> IF YOUR TEENAGER CONSTANTLY
HAS A COLD OR FLU-LIKE
SYMPTOMS.
MEGAN: VANYA GARABEDIAN AND
KUMARA HAMPTON ARE THERAPISTS AT
TURNING POINT IN ALBUQUERQUE, A
SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESOURCE CENTER.
THEY SAY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE
OFTEN THE LAST PEOPLE TO KNOW A
LOVED ONE IS ADDICTE
THEY SAY ANOTHER TELL-TALE SIGN
IS SOMETHING CALLED THE NOD.
THE PERSON WILL ACTUALLY GO
TO SLEEP FOR A SECOND LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THAT.
MEGAN: YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTICE A
PERSON SCRATCHING A LOT.
>> THEY START FEELING LIKE THEIR
SKIN IS CRAWLING.
MEGAN: AND THEIR EYES MIGHT LOOK
A LITTLE STRANGE.
THEY SAY TO ALSO BE SUSPICIOUS
IF --
>> THEY ARE COVERING UP THEIR
ARMS A LOT.
THERE COULD BE TRACK MARKS, SO
THAT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR.
TRACK MARKS LOOK LIKE LITTLE
BRUISES.
MEGAN: OR IF THE PERSON STARTS
SMELLING DIFFERENT LIKE WHEN YOU
DRINK A LOT OF ALCOHOL.
>> THE NEXT DAY, YOU CAN SMELL
THE ALCOHOL COMING TO THE
PORES.
MEGAN: GARABEDIAN DESCRIBES IT
AS A CHEMICAL-LIKE, MUSTY SMELL.
AS FOR THE SPOONS --
>> THEY'RE ALL MISSING AND
THEY'RE NOT THERE, THAT'S A
SIGN.
OR IF YOU FIND SPOONS IN YOUR
DRAWER AND THEY'RE BENT.
MEGAN: GARABEDIAN SAYS TO LOOK
FOR BURN MARKS ON THE BOTTOM AND
BURN MARKS ON OTHER EVERY DAY
ITEMS LIKE PIECES OF FOIL, MAYBE
BOTTLE CAPS, EVEN A SODA CAN,
ALL TOOLS ADDICTS CAN USE TO GET
HIGH.
>> OR PENS.
MEGAN: THEY SAY YOU COULD TALK
TO YOUR CHILD YOURSELF.
>> I AM REALLY CONCERNED.
HOW CAN I HELP?
MEGAN: OR GET SUBSTANCE ABUSE
THERAPISTS INVOLVED.
>> IF THE PERSON IS NOT
RECEPTIVE, WHAT IS THE NEXT
STEP?
MEGAN: FOR GRIEGO AND HER
DAUGHTER, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
WOULD BE TOUGH.
YELLING AND SCREAMING AND
TRYING TO PUT HER IN THE CAR.
MEGAN: BUT BRITTANY FINALLY CAME
HOME AND IS NOW FOUR MONTHS
SOBER.
GRIEGO SAYS KNOW THE SIGNS AND
GET HELP FAST.
SO MAYBE YOUR FAMILY DOESN'T
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
>> DID NOT SEE IT AT ALL.
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