From the author: Parents cannot control reality, but forming beliefs that will preserve the lives and health of children is an entirely achievable goal. I have been meaning to write on this topic for a long time. I chose the words, weighed them... I really want the publication not to seem gloomy, and the situation with teenagers to be hopeless. The topic of this article is drugs. I would like to immediately warn those who are in a hurry to close the tab. Do not hurry! If you have a child between 7 and 18 years old, this article is for you. I am writing it not to scare, but to prevent. So that you don’t have to face this problem face to face alone, like the author of a recently published article: “Parallel reality... as it turns out, it is close... And the walls of my painstakingly built clean little world with its box-like rooms - no thicker than a shell. I hid so carefully from the dirt in it, surrounded myself with new people, learned to look at the world through the lens of my Nikon - it is much more pleasant in it - but it turned out it was all just an illusion... Because the dirt has not gone away - it is here, it is everywhere , it is everywhere where there is free Wi-Fi. And no one can be safe. Absolutely.” I want to say right away with one hundred percent certainty that if your son or daughter is a teenager, there will definitely be someone surrounded in the real or virtual world who will share their impressions, offer suggestions, someone who “tried it and nothing happened to him.” Inscriptions on buildings, the smell in the entrances, on the streets and coming from someone's windows... This is today's reality. And there is no point in fighting drugs, there are special departments for this, but you need to fight for your children, no one will do this except you. The problem is not even the availability of drugs. The main danger lies in the formation, not without the help of the media, of tolerance to these drugs. Today, our children are being sold the idea that drugs are normal, everywhere and legal in some countries. It all starts when your child, while still a primary school student, watches films and comedy programs where they joke about drugs. A connection is formed: drugs are fun, funny and, probably, there is nothing dangerous in them, since such respected guys joke about this topic so easily. Children cannot yet filter information, they do not have enough personal experience and take everything at face value. I remember taking an exam on the psychology of addiction. Then the little children asked what I was teaching. Word by word, I began to talk and in the process of conversation I found out an amazing thing that simply shocked me. Jokes from TV on the topic of “weed,” plus the life experience received from us parents that natural herbal medicines are useful and safe for health, formed the opinion among children that “weed” is something useful, even medicinal, and certainly harmless. Here's a vinaigrette! I had to explain, talk about the consequences and talk a lot on this topic. The children were still in elementary school at that time. I read Bulgakov’s “The Morfinist” aloud to them. The silence was dead. And when I finished reading I heard only one word: “Tin.” In general, I realized then that we need to talk about drugs with children from early childhood, as soon as they hear this word for the first time. And when you watch a program or movie together where drugs are the topic of jokes, be especially careful. If you laugh cheerfully without explaining to your child, and he laughs with you, then you yourself have taken the first step towards a child’s positive attitude towards drugs. It’s not for nothing that it is recommended to watch some programs and films with your parents. It will be easier for you to talk about this and many other topics if you have a warm, trusting relationship with your child. They need to be formed long before the onset of adolescence. If such relationships do not work out, you are at risk. The authority of your peers may be more important than yours. Children who experience constant pressure from their parents are also susceptible to various