Professor Bobby Smyth

But to be clear, if things have escalated beyond that where you know there's definitely problems, you know, I think it is about being really clear about what you're seeing that's causing you to be worried.

And, yeah.

You know, that you've got to determine if there's further steps needed.

And there are some resources out there, sort of conscious that, you know, there's a whole spectrum of parents maybe listening to us, some who've got huge live current worries, others haven't, you know, haven't got any worries as yet, younger kids.

But there are resources out there.

There's the drugs.ie website.

So drugs.ie forward slash parents.

There's a number of webinars there which maybe deal with situations where there's more significant issues and parents could access resources there.

Or there's the drug and alcohol helpline as well that can be contacted and people can be signed, posted towards specific supports if they've got a particular concern.

Yeah, I would fully believe that, you know, and they will know that.

Yeah.

And not be, you know, to be cautious about it and aware of it.

And it's a new challenge or it's a challenge maybe parents have always had.

But it's there still not to panic about it, but to have a plan.