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In this Willow House review, I will be taking a closer look at this company to provide you with the information that you will need to make your home based business decision. Who is this company? What is it exactly that they offer? Is Willow House the best business choice for me and my family? These are the questions that I intend to help answer for you in my Willow House review.Willow House is a company that offers products related to home decoration, entertaining guests, and organizational solutions, allowing you to come home to an appealing, fresh, and organized home after your long day. They also offer seasonal products to give your home that holiday look and appeal. They feature a full product catalog with a multitude of stylish products that will give your home the makeover that you desire.Willow House offers their products through a large network of Design Consultants, representing the multi-level marketing (MLM) business opportunity that they are becoming well-known for. Design Consultants are given the ability to set their own schedule, build their business on a part-time or full-time basis, and ultimately decide for themselves how much money they desire to bring home.The cost to become a Design Consultant will be a cost of $199. For this price, you will receive 18 products with a retail value of more than $550. Willow House will buy your first tank of gas each month, giving you savings of $50.When I conduct my research for my company reviews, I strive to provide as much information as possible pertaining to a company’s compensation plan. Willow House, however, does not offer this information to the public. You will need to contact a Design Consultant directly to learn more about how their compensation plan will benefit you.Willow House is a multi-level marketing business that utilizes traditional methods involved in network marketing. Meaning, you will be encouraged to contact family, friends, neighbors, and close associates to build your business. Your mission will be to contact your warm market to encourage them to host a party of their own, and invite their family and friends to attend.Hostesses are incentivized to open their home for these parties, as they will receive free products and deep discounts that are based upon the amount of sales that you achieve in their home. At this party, you as the Design Consultant will showcase the products, and accept orders. You will schedule your next home party with any willing future hostesses, and recruit new Consultants to join your business. The training that you will receive from Willow House will be limited to these practices.In my opinion, Willow House is a legitimate company that offers a wide selection of products in a fun party atmosphere. However, when making your business decision, it will be important to take into consideration the challenges of encouraging your loved ones to host parties, purchase products, and join your Willow House business.For someone who has the expertise to market this business outside of their small network of family and friends, they can do really well. With that being said, Willow House is a solid opportunity to partner with if you have a strong desire to build this business, and have a passion for the products that they offer their customers.As always, I wish you the best of luck in your search for a home based business for you and your family.

There are numerous ways you can make money today. Do you need to earn some extra money? One of the best ways is to start a home based business on the Internet. If this sounds like something that would interest you, let me offer a few tips to keep in mind before you get started.1. What kind of business? To me this is the most important thing you will need to consider.Do you have any specific skills you can use to start a business? There are people who use the Internet to run a home based business that takes them outside of their home.Examples of this would be dog grooming, landscaping, furnace repair, painter, and so on. There are also people who start a home based business and run it in their home such as a day care provider.You can still benefit from the Internet when you operate this type of business. Every business today needs a website and customers to find them online.2. Online business. An even better approach would be to start your own internet business doing something you enjoy.For Instance, you could simply start a blog relating to a hobby or something in which you have a special interest or something you have a passion for. You see this all the time on everything from gardening and cooking to sports and fishing.Virtually anything can be turned into a blog and you can make money from it. Monetizing a blog with Google AdSense is the fastest way to get started.You might set your blog up using Blogger.com which is owned by Google. This is free to do and a fast way to get approved for the AdSense affiliate program.3. Network marketing. This business model has been around for over 50 years now and is very popular online.There are many Internet-based MLM companies you can join. The good thing about taking this approach is that your products are based online. As a result you do not have to worry about maintaining any inventory or shipping the products. Your work is confined to enrolling distributors all around the world to sell the products for you.This works well for retailing products which allows you to make good money selling them. It also works very well for enrolling new distributors who can also purchase products that allow you to make money on the volume created in your downline.These are a handful of tips to consider if you want to start a home based business on the Internet. You can use the Internet at home and still run a business away from it. You can also start in various business models such as blogging, affiliate marketing, and network marketing to make money.

There are many great reasons for being a home-based business owner and this article is designed to convince those who are thinking of starting their own home-based business that it is the best possible thing that they could do.I will outline below 5 reasons why those entrepreneurs who work from home are less stressed than other business owners as well as those people who have to go and work for somebody else.They don’t get stuck in peak hour traffic- If you do not work at home chances are that you most likely travel to your closest central business district, along with thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of other workers and business owners. A trip that could normally take 15 minutes can often take over an hour during peak hour. You could also be squeezed in to inadequate public transport. Both of these situations can be extremely stressful.They get to spend more time with friends and family- As I mentioned above, many people who have to travel to their work or business spend a couple of hours or more in their car or on public transport to and from work. Home-based business owners can spend this time with their family and friends- some of life’s greatest pleasure.They are doing things that they want to- Home-based business owners have generally set up a business in a niche that is of interest to them. As such, they are generally never unhappy with their work. They an easily get out of bed each morning and are happy to complete their required work. Many of those people who aren’t work from home entrepreneurs end up in jobs they despise and this makes them unhappy and stressed.It costs less money running their business- Hiring offices and other equipment makes traditional businesses expensive to run. If you run your business from home then you have greatly reduced overhead costs and this means that you may have more money in your pocket.If they run their business online it can be run from anywhere in the world- Many home-based business owners run their enterprises online. This means that their business is not bound to a single location. These entrepreneurs can run their business from anywhere in the world. All you need to do is take a laptop or netbook with you when you travel and you are always available to make more money and grow your business.Are you stressed? Maybe you need to start your own home-based business. As you have seen from the above it could have many benefits for you.

So many times I am out at a restaurant, store, or outing and someone in my family or group of friends says “You’re the accountant, how much is this?” and wants me to calculate something in my head. I am going to let you all in on a little secret… I am not a mathematician, I am an accountant. If my calculator is not near, don’t ask me to calculate anything. I am going to let you in on a few more secrets as well. Read below to find the top 10 Accounting myths I have put together.

#1 Accounting Myth

Accounting is about math. This could not be further than the truth. Yes, you use math, but so does an engineer, salesman, marketing person, lawn man, hair stylist, etc. If you want to get paid, you will have to calculate the amount you are owed, the change if paid in cash, your commission percentage, etc. Accountants use math similarly. Accounting is accounting for assets, liabilities, income, expenses, etc… yes; however, the “meat and potatoes” of true accounting is research and storytelling. Do you enjoy putting a puzzle together? Well, in accounting, when you look through those numbers you are looking for holes to put that right piece into. You have to use those numbers to tell the owner of a business, shareholder, bank, or manager what they mean; how they can use them; and what to expect in the future. It’s analytics, not algebra.

#2 Accounting Myth

Accountant = Tax Preparer or IRS Agent. Oh so wrong, wrong, wrong. Understand that when you enter a major tax franchise or chain your taxes are most likely being prepared by a trained “tax preparer” NOT an accountant. The true definition of an accountant is one who has a degree in Accounting. Yes, I prepared taxes right out of college when I worked for a public CPA firm, but the only reason that I was required to do such was because the partner I worked for had a few tax clients. Mainly, I audited companies. This does not mean a tax audit. This means that I went in, looked at their books and spot-checked for accuracy. After this, we would give them a report on needed improvements and areas that looked good. This is a very brief summary of a company audit. Many accountants work in private companies compiling financials for the managers and owners, some work in fraud examining where they help companies detect or investigate fraud, while others simply consult on various topics.

Be careful when someone says they are an accountant. I hear bookkeepers and secretaries say this all the time and they don’t know the difference between a journal entry and the coffee pot. Not to undermine secretaries and bookkeepers. I respect them all and I greatly appreciate their work as I have many working on my team, but they are NOT accountants. I will not tell my clients that they are such. This is not a fair description of who they are and their qualifications.

#3 Accounting Myth

Accounting is for Men only. In every company where I have been employed or worked with, the ratio of women to men is either 50% or higher in the women’s favor. As a matter of fact, most are dominated by women. Yes, I have seen mostly men in the executive positions, but women are growing quickly in this area as well. As many companies see that women can balance family and work [most times better than you guys], they are respecting the abilities and qualifications of women in these fields. Now guys, you are not being pushed out. This is a great place for both sexes to show their potential. Just don’t expect your gender to determine your place in the accounting world.

#4 Accounting Myth

Accountants are introverted or boring and really don’t like working with customers. Even a tax accountant has to be a people-person. We all have to work with clients, employees, vendors, client’s customers, etc. I love this field because of the people interaction. I love to talk [I'm sure my husband would agree] and I love to teach. To take accounting and turn it into understandable language for my clients who range from Funeral Homes to Hair Stylists. I get to teach them how their numbers can tell them the stories they need to hear and what their futures may hold.

My colleagues and friends in college were awesome and we were all accounting students. We went out for drinks, went dancing at clubs, went to the lake swimming and skiing, worked out at local gyms, etc etc. Life is not dull for us at all and as a business owner and accountant now, I can guarantee you that my life is anything but boring. I have 2 small children, a husband (business partner), employees, family, friends, clubs and organization meetings and the list goes on. If I have time to take care of chores, this is a perk in the week.

#5 Accounting Myth

Small Businesses don’t need accounting or it can just wait until it’s get to be too much for me to handle myself. Ok, so this means that as a small business owner, you would say that you don’t need to budget, forecast financials, know about trends in your business, or know the latest, greatest tax advantages. I have clients that are as small as a one-man service business making only about 20K a year.

Every business needs an accountant watching their back. Now, this person or company needs to be trustworthy and competent, but you need them, all the same. A business cannot and should not be run based on whether or not there is cash in the bank at that current time. At the end of the year, how do you know whether you are going to report a loss or income to the IRS? You need to report as much loss as you can to pay as little taxes as you can or you are just cheating yourself. Many tax firms will charge you an arm and a leg if you go in with a box or in some cases, a trash bag, full of receipts and say, “Here. Please do my taxes.” They have to charge you the time they are going to allocate to thumbing through these receipts and most likely they will not take the time to be sure they put every little nickel and dime they can to losses so you pay as little as possible in taxes.

Your accountant will be following your financials the entire year and everything should be neat and clean come time to file your taxes. Also, your accountant should be able to give you monthly financials that tell you where you can improve in an area, have reports ready for possible loans, help you make financial decisions, help you make the most of recent tax advantages, and tell you if your business will trend towards lower or higher revenue in certain months based on history. This is all needed information and once my clients come into my services, they are amazed that they were ever able to run their business without my services.

#6 Accounting Myth

An Accountant will cost me an arm and a leg. Well, this might be the case if you go to a high-dollar firm, but while looking for an attorney, if you retain the services of Robert Shapiro, it wouldn’t be cheap either. You have to find the right firm or individual for you. Check references, qualifications, and services. Be sure the price matches the industry standards in your area and be sure they make you feel good about working with them. You should be number one to them and you should be able to find a qualified person or firm to work with.

My firm is known for low rates because this is the way I designed it. I wanted to create a firm where I could cater to small and start-up businesses yet be affordable for them as well. I have always priced my services less than the cost of hiring a full-time employee and sometimes I have gone much, much less; depending on the client, their needs, and their financial situation. Call me or email and we can talk to see if we can help you or at least point you in the right direction.

#7 Accounting Myth

I pay business expenses out of my own pocket. It’s really no big deal. WRONG. If you own or operate a business, it is a business, not your spouse. You need to note when you have paid an expenses out of your own pocket. This is money that could be returned to you tax-free.

For example, I have a client that I met with recently. She owns a beauty salon. She does not have a business bank account and all expenses are paid through her own account. Now, she takes the income into that same account. Her husband is a full-time employee in another company. First, there is no way to tell if she is truly making a profit or not. Second, she is paid a salary. Her salary is taxable. If her business is breaking even, she has been paying double the taxes she should have. She was never reimbursed for her out-of-pocket expenses correctly which should have been TAX-FREE.

She should be able to at least be refunded for the expenses she has paid for out of her own pocket [tax-free] before taking a salary which is taxable. As her accountant, I have advised her to open a business bank account. At this point she will deposit revenues into this account and pay bill from here. If there is not enough cash to pay bills, she will pay them out of her own pocket but she will be sure to tell us when she does this. We record this as reimbursements that are due back to her tax-free and she will receive this money back when the company cash flow allows for this.

#8 Accounting Myth

I don’t have time and don’t need to set goals for myself and my company. Every company I have ever known, read about, or been involved in has used goal-setting as an intricate part of running their business. Life as we know it moves at a head-spinning speed. No matter the industry, changing times can cause chaos and in many cases put a company out of business if they do not stay up-to-date with trends, technology, and consumer information.

Sit down and write out 10 goals for yourself and your company. Once completed, put these goals in priority order from highest to lowest. Put them in a place where you will constantly be reminded of your goals. Each month sit down and review these goals. Write down what you have done to come closer to each one and if you have reached any of them. As you reach your goals, cross them off the list. Do not remove them. This gives you a sense of accomplishment and shows you that your hard work is paying off.

#9 Accounting Myth

I really don’t need accounting reports to know how my business is doing. If you are busy, this does not mean that your business is doing well. You need reports to tell you if your prices are where they need to be in comparison to expenses you are incurring. You need to run reports to show problem areas like theft, loss, waste, profitable areas, etc. Once you run these reports, you then need to understand how to use them. If you run a report that shows that you have a major area of waste in your manufacturing process, you then need to come up with a solution to the problem and either find a way to reap income from the waste material, find a way to reuse the material, or better the process to lessen the amount of waste.

In the service industries, reports can show how time is allocated. If time is allocated poorly, money is being lost and as 99% of businesses in the country, I am sure you are trying to make a profit. These reports can help reveal the problem area and help to shift employee duties or activities in a way that will bring profit back or increase the profit of your company quickly and efficiently.

#10 Accounting Myth

I can handle my accounting myself. I have QuickBooks. Ha! This one actually makes me chuckle a little. QuickBooks is an awesome program and one that I use on a daily basis, but it does not take the need for an accountant away. As a matter of fact, most open QuickBooks only to become overwhelmed and confused. Having this program is very good and can become an awesome tool, but your accountant needs to help you set it up, educate you on how you can and should use it, and come in periodically to be sure everything is in order, run reports, and fix problem areas. You can be wonderful in business but unless you know how to operate the accounting side of your business perfectly, you should really do yourself a favor and at least get advice from an accountant on this process.

As I said, this is a great program, but if you do not understand accounting, trying to figure out how to book figures can be confusing and create an even bigger mess. If you don’t enter your large assets correctly and depreciate them, you are missing out of expenses that can bring you tax advantages. If you don’t book expenses the correct way, you might be taking larger deductions than you should and this can cause problems with the IRS. If you don’t report all the income you are suppose to, you know how the IRS might feel about this. If you don’t book discounts or refunds correctly, you missed out on another tax deduction. Are you seeing a trend of problem areas? You really need to be educated by your accountant to properly use your accounting program before you try to dive in.

Why do many consumers take dietary supplements to grow taller? The reasons are varied-many times medically valid, sometimes not. In low or appropriate dosages, some supplements offer health benefits under some circumstances. Some people use supplements with good intention: perhaps in search of protection from or a remedy for health problems such as depression, aging skin, cancer, or arthritis. Still others seek added benefits: perhaps better athletic performance or sexual prowess. Too often, supplement use is based on scientifically unfounded marketing promises. But, some people still claim to undeniable scientific proofs.

It would be great, but boosting your nutrient intake won’t cause your cells to produce extra energy or more brain power. Only three nutrients carbohydrates, fats, and proteins supply energy or calories to grow taller. Vitamins don’t. Although B vitamins do help body cells produce energy from the three energy nutrients, they don’t produce energy themselves. Many powerful drugs and toxic chemicals are plant-based. Varieties of mushrooms can be classified as “culinary delicious” or “deadly dangerous.” In the same vein, herbal supplements should be used with caution! Any healthy natural supplements to grow taller, without proper doctor acknowledgement and governement authority approbation sounds really fishy to me.

Athletes and other physically active people need about the same amount of nutrients as others do to grow taller just more energy, or calories, for the increased demands of exercise. The extra amount of food that active people eat supplies the very small amount of extra vitamins needed to grow taller and have more energy production, too.

Although protein needs are somewhat higher for some athletes, especially for those in strength-training sports, food can easily provide the extra. On another note, physical activity, not extra amino acids (protein), builds muscle. For more on nutrition for athletes and ergogenic aids.

Dietary supplements to grow taller won’t protect you from the harmful effects of smoking or alcohol abuse. Here’s the real scoop: Smoking does increase the body’s need for vitamin C; drinking excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages can interfere with the body’s use of most nutrients. If soil can grow crops, the food produced is nutritious. When soil lacks minerals, plants don’t grow properly and may not produce their potential yield. Growing area does affect a food’s iodine and selenium contents.

Supplements won’t give you instant grow taller results, it would take at least a 2-3 months training for instance. For vitamins and minerals to do their work, they need several hours or several days to interact and do their work in your body. For any benefits from other dietary supplements to grow taller, you likely need to take them even longer. Supplements to grow taller are easy to spot. By law, they must be labeled “dietary supplements.” About eighty thousand dietary supplements are marketed in the United States with multivitamin/mineral supplements being the biggest product category-and with an average of 500 new products launched each year. They’re sold in many forms-for example, tablets, capsules, softgels, gelcaps, liquids, powders, and bars.

Do you consume a varied, balanced diet to grow taller? With some exceptions, supplements usually aren’t necessary. If you’re healthy and if you’re able and willing to eat a balanced, varied diet. You probably can get the vitamins and minerals you need from smart food choices. According to national studies, most Americans have enough healthful foods available to do that, yet they may not. Under some circumstances, vitamin/mineral supplements offer benefits and are advised; like those for growing taller.

A woman with heavy menstrual bleeding? You may need an iron supplement to replace iron from blood loss. To enhance absorption, take iron supplements with water or juice on an empty stomach. If nausea or constipation are problems, take iron supplements with food. Absorption may be decreased by as much as 50 percent when taken with a meal or a snack. A woman who’s pregnant or breast-feeding? You need more of some nutrients, especially folate and iron-and perhaps calcium if you don’t consume enough calcium-rich foods. Check the label’s Supplement Facts to make sure you get enough for a healthy pregnancy. Ask about a prenatal vitamin/mineral supplement.

Someone unable or unwilling to regularly consume a healthful diet to grow taller? You likely need a dietary supplement to fill in the nutrient gaps. However, eating smarter would be better if you don’t have food-related health problems! Take a supplement with the advice of a doctor or a registered dietitian. For example, pre-menopausal women who don’t consume enough calcium to grow taller and stronger bones from food likely need a calcium supplement-unless they’re willing to improve their diet. Some babies after age six months, children, and teens may need a fluoride supplement to grow taller and perhaps iron or vitamin D.

If you are not able to meet your calcium and vitamin D recommendations with foods to grow taller, you may need calcium or vitamin D supplements to grow taller. Ask a dietitian or your doctor about the right dosage and type. And enhance their absorption by taking them with food. Only food can provide the mixture of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and other substances for a health quality that can’t be duplicated with dietary supplements to grow taller alone. Fortunately for most Americans growing taller, there’s plenty of quality, quantity, and variety in the food marketplace.

Enjoy plenty of calcium and vitamin D-rich foods. They provide more for bone health calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D and overall health than supplements do. And a varied, well-balanced eating plan offers other nutrients that appear to promote bone density, including magnesium, potassium, and vitamin K

Supplements to grow taller carry labeling, showing the amounts of vitamins and minerals in a single dosage. If you already eat a healthful diet, you probably don’t need any more than a low-dose supplement. Taking a multivitamin/mineral supplement, with no more than 100 percent of the Daily Values (DVs) as a safety net, is generally considered safe. Most nutrient supplements are produced in low dosages.

Supplements with water-soluble vitamins or minerals can be risky if taken in excess, over time. For example, taking extra vitamin B6 has been suggested to help relieve premenstrual tension. Yet there’s limited evidence to support large vitamin B6 doses for relief of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Many women have viewed large vitamin B6 doses as harmless, since they are water-soluble. Instead, they may cause irreversible nerve damage when taken in very large doses above the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL): 500 to 5,000 mg vitamin B6 per day.

That said, can you overdose on vitamins or minerals naturally as you grow taller with food? That’s highly unlikely. As we mentioned, taking very high doses of dietary supplements or taking too many, too often can be dangerous. The vitamin and mineral content of food is much more balanced fortunately. In amounts normally consumed, even if you enjoy extra helpings, you won’t consume toxic levels of nutrients. So eat a variety of foods-and enjoy! Note: Nutrient amounts to grow taller can add up if you consume a lot of highly fortified foods.

You may take dietary supplements to grow taller for potential health benefits. It’s not uncommon for people diagnosed with cancer, AIDS, or other life-threatening health problems, who are desperate for a cure, to put their hopes and healthcare dollars in alternative treatments, including dietary supplements. However, supplements may offer a false sense of security-and a serious problem if you neglect well-proven approaches to health or delay medical attention.

Drink plenty of fluids with calcium supplements to avoid constipation. The lactose and vitamin D in the milk help to enhance calcium absorption. If you don’t drink milk and want an alternative to calcium pills, consider calcium-fortified juice or soy beverage. One cup of calcium-fortified juice or soy beverage can contain about 300 milligrams of calcium, the same amount as in a cup of milk, and provides vitamin C, folate, and other nutrients. Still, you need a vitamin D source to aid absorption; some calcium-fortified juices and soy beverages are also fortified with vitamin D.

Calcium supplements help to protect against osteoporosis (brittle-bone disease) It can’t make up for your lifestyle choices or poor health habits. Regular weight-bearing physical activity is important to grow taller and obtain healthy bones. For healthy bones, avoid smoking, too.

Vitamin nasal sprays or patches are effective to grow taller? No research evidence says so, even though they’re promoted for faster, more efficient absorption. In fact, they may not be absorbed at all. Here’s the reality check: Fat-soluble vitamins need fat from food to aid absorption. Vitamin C in your intestine aids iron absorption-a problem if vitamin C comes from a spray. Vitamin B12 binds with intrinsic factor made in the stomach during digestion. That cannot happen with a spray or a patch! So that means all the place that try to claim that you could grow taller with that are just scam.

Indeed, herbals and other botanicals have known medicinal qualities helping us grow taller; 30 percent of today’s drugs come from plants. Yet, herbals and other botanical supplements also are sold as dietary supplements rather than regulated as drugs. Like many plant-derived pharmaceuticals, these supplements can offer both positive health benefits and harmful side effects.

On the up side, enough scientific evidence has been collected on a handful of botanical supplements to support their limited use. For example, under a doctor’s guidance, gingko biloba may be used to help treat the symptoms of age-related memory loss and dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease); green tea extract may help reduce cancer risk. A growing body of research evidence is being gathered about their safety and effectiveness, as well as their limitations and dangers.

On the down side, like other supplements to grow taller, herbal and other botanical supplements are regulated differently from pharmaceuticals, which are meant to cure or prevent disease. You aren’t as protected from misleading claims as you might think. When you think about the quality and effectiveness of these grow taller methods; you can see that the marketer’s are absolutely in control of the quality…

According to current law and regulations, herbal and botanical remedies to grow taller and other dietary supplements to grow taller can enter the marketplace without FDA approval. The burden is on the FDA to remove a dangerous dietary supplements to grow taller from the marketplace. Currently dosages of herbal remedies aren’t standardized, so dosages vary among products. Some are even copies of the actual real-product that is made by legitimate herbal company; they put the same product name change what is inside and put the same label. Be very careful, you can look up grow taller 4 smarts free scam alerts to be ahead of scammers.

Although packaging claims can’t say that a supplement to grow taller cures or prevents disease, it may carry claims for its purported health role. Many claims have only limited scientific evidence. Are herbal supplements or botanicals are safe during pregnancy and nursing? There’s not enough scientific evidence yet to recommend safe levels for herbal supplements for pregnant or nursing moms. However, some are known to be harmful to a baby.

The effects of substance abuse in teens are not only individual; they can also be seen on the society. They may face problems at school or college and may involve in criminal activities. It is therefore very important to detect drug abusing teenagers. Drug testing should be conducted on a regular basis at schools and homes to identify and save them from harmful drugs of abuse.

Signs of drug abuse
Identifying certain signs helps you to detect if the kid is addicted to the drugs. Some of the common physical and emotional signs are:

• Change in sleep patterns
• Poor motor coordination
• Poor hygiene and illness including nausea and excessive sweating
• Irregular heartbeat
• Impaired thinking
• Mood swings
• Hyperactivity or overtired
• Depression

Drug abusing teens lose their interest in family activities, often abuse verbally and physically at home or school, and disrespect the family or school. In addition, abrupt decrease in grades, memory and attention loss, and lack of interest and concentration on studies are some of the signs at school. The moment you observe any of the above mentioned signs, you need to immediately check if the kid is abusing drugs. Drug testing is one of the safest and easiest ways to detect the drug abuse among teens.

Types of drug tests
There are different types of methods to detect the teens who are using drugs. Some of the common ones are urine, saliva, hair, and blood tests.

Urine drug test
Of all the types, urine testing is used most commonly as it is inexpensive method used to detect a drug user. You can use urine test kits at home or school to check if the child is addicted to illegal drugs. Quick and accurate results are obtained by these test kits.

Saliva drug test
It is more advantageous as it is relatively non-intrusive. Saliva from the mouth is taken through a swab and is checked for the presence of drugs. Most recent drug abuse can be detected by saliva tests. Conducting saliva test is very easy and also provides accurate and immediate results.

Hair drug test
This method is also non-intrusive. A hair sample of 1.5 inches in length is enough for conducting the test. Drug or its metabolites deposited at the hair shaft are detected by hair tests. You can get very reliable and accurate results by this method.

Blood drug test
You can also use a blood sample of the teen to detect illegal drug usage. It is however expensive and you need to approach laboratory as you cannot conduct it at your home.

Detection periods
The detection period depends on the method of test conducted. These detection periods vary from the type, dosage, and frequency of drug used.

Urine drug test can detect drug or its metabolites for 30 days in frequent users and for 2-3 days in occasional users. The test detects Cocaine for 4-5 days, Heroin for 2-4 days, Methamphetamine for 3-5 days, PCP for 3-7 days, and Codeine for 2-4 days.

A saliva test is mostly used to detect recent drug usage. However, it can also detect drugs consumed 3 days back. Of all the methods, hair drug test has a longer detection period. It detects illegal drug consumption for about 90 days.

What if results are positive?
Once the kid is tested positive by drug test kit, talk to him/her about the result. You can get a confirmatory result through laboratory tests. Communicate with him regularly regarding the effects of drug abuse. Ask him to leave companions or friends who are habituated to drugs. If necessary, send him/her to substance abuse treatment program.

Importance of intervention
Detection and intervention of drug abuse at primitive stages can prevent further damage. Drug intervention is an attempt made by family members or school authorities to help the teen get out of drug abuse or addiction. The main objective of intervention is to make the teen understand the physical and mental destruction caused by drug abuse. If you are not able to speak to the kid on this, you can take help of your friends or relatives. You can also consult specialists who counsel drug abusers and help them get back to their normal life.

Parents and school authorities should always keep an eye on the behavior and activities of the teens. Necessary measures have to be taken in order to prevent them from taking drugs.

Teen drug abuse became a serious health problem in United States. It is hurting the healthcare system, burdening the economy, and causing millions of deaths every year. Of the many causes that promote drug abuse among teens, lack of parental supervision is a major one. Teens should be guarded properly by their parents as they are still immature.

Since, early intervention leads to effective prevention of this unhealthy habit, parents should identify drug abusing habits in teens and take preventive measures. Parents can take help of home drug testing kits which are effective and easy to use.

In this article, we will discuss about teens and their vulnerability to drug abuse; how to identify teen drug abuse and how important are drug testing programs at home to prevent teen drug abuse.

Teens – vulnerable to drugs abuse: Many scientific studies have already proved that teenagers are more prone to risk taking and are vulnerable to drug abuse when compared to adults. This typical behavior of teens during adolescence is because of the major changes in parts of the brain that are responsible for functions such as self-control, judgment, planning, organization, and emotions. Since teen brains are not yet fully developed, they cannot take proper decisions and fall victims to unhealthy habits like drug and alcohol abuse.

Signs and symptoms of drug abuse: The primary step towards prevention of drug abuse in teens is to identify their unhealthy habits. Prominent changes, both in their behavior and in physical appearance can be noticed even at the early stages of abuse. Following are the warning signs:

Physical and emotional changes:
• Red eyes
• Finding difficulty to speak
• Sudden fall or rise in weight
• Lack of hygiene and showing less interest in personal grooming
• Aggression and arrogance
• Depression and irritation

Social and behavioral changes:
• Dissociation from old friends and acquiring new social group
• Sudden anger or depression
• Poor attendance and academics at school
• Spending time lonely
• Abnormal odor in breath or clothing
• Pipes, needles and other suspicious substances in their room

Importance of home drug test kits: The moment you see the signs that indicate drug abuse in your teen, it is the time to confirm drug abusing habits using reliable methods. They are useful devices for the parents to confirm these unhealthy habits in teens. They are simple, easy to use, provide instant and accurate results, cost-effective and above all ensure privacy. Some multi-panel drug testing kits can detect multiple drugs of abuse at a shot.

Best drug test methods to implement: When it comes to home drug testing, urine and saliva tests are considered to be the best methods. There are two other methods – blood and hair tests also, but they need special devices and expert supervision, hence are not recommended for home testing.

Urine test can detect the drugs in your teen’s system up to three days after use. If you believe that your teen has taken drugs during the last few days, then this method is effective in offering accurate results. However, it is necessary to check that your teen is not providing fake urine sample which can lead to false results.

Saliva drug testing is an ideal drug test if you suspect that your teen abused drugs on that particular day. These kits can detect drug use up to 48 hours.

Need for random drug testing: If you are conducting drug tests on your teens at regular intervals, following a regular pattern, your teen may notice the pattern and either try to manipulate the sample before the test or stop abusing drugs few days before the test. Hence, practicing random drug tests is always an ideal way to identify the drug use which effectively helps in detecting the drug abuse among your teens. Random testing makes teens say ‘NO’ to drugs as they know that you can conduct drug testing any time at home.

Home drug testing kits can be considered as effective solutions in controlling and preventing drug abuse in your teens. So, make sure that you have some of them at home to test your teen to help him stay away from drugs.