Drug testing

A few years ago I decided to start randomly drug testing my teenager. Not because I didn't trust him but because someone brought it to my attention that random drug testing your child is a great way to give them an easy out when peer pressure comes about. It's sorta scary to ask for your child's pee. I get butterflies in my tummy and I fear the "what if." It's also hard sometimes to go to the store and spend the money on a drug test when you have no indication that your child is doing anything wrong. My reasoning in spending the money is 1.) it's cheaper than re-hab. 2.) I love him enough to give him an easy "no" to drugs and 3.) His life is worth more to me than money can buy. So with that I faithfully go to the drug store and buy a drug test. When I say it's random that's no joke. The first two seemed to be back to back and this weekends drug test it has been almost a year. I never meant to go that long but like I said when your child doesn't give you a reason to think he does drugs sometimes it skips my mind.
So I get very nervous right before I give him the pee cup, and the second he sees the cup he just says "Oh OK" and takes the cup to the bathroom with no problem. That sets my mind at easy. But this weekend he goes into the kitchen to drink some water and after the 3rd cup says. I just don't feel like peeing. "Oh my" I think. So we give him some time. A couple of hours later he goes up to pee. Those couple of hours feel like an eternity. But I am so glad to report another clean drug test. I always tell him Thank you for not doing drugs after a test, most of the time he just shrugs or says I told you I don't do that, but this time he looked at me and said Yeah it's hard. It broke my heart that the reality of peer pressure exists for him. But I am so proud of him for saying no and for never having a bad drug test.
Pre-Teen has been warned that her drug testing will start here shortly.

PS the reason I decided to blog the drug testing of my children is because several people have mentioned they had no idea drug tests were so available. You get them in the pharm. section of the store. I have bought all of mine at Wal-Mart (bottom shelf by the nicorette gum) And Walgreen's has Breathalyzers too. Bri has told me one of his friends gets tobacco tested by her parents although I have never heard of or seen one of those.