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Should I drug test my teen age son?

I do not know if he does drugs.  Recently he has been acting disrecpecful toward my wife and me.  I have searched only for at home drug tests, I found a website about a five panel drug kit.  I do not know anything about how it works.  If anyone has had experience with how to use this things, please let me know.
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this is just dumb, there is a thing called mood swings
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Depends on you.
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I would educate yourself on symptoms of drug use (beyond being disrespectful, which happens with many adolescents). If he were truly showing real signs of hard drug use, you could insist for his own safety, but only if you could show why you were concerned (and not because of the basic disrespect issue).  If it is about disrespect, I would suggest family therapy first, if nothing else is working.
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