Using drugs can cause heaps of problems, and not just to your health. They can also cost lots and screw up some of your relationships with other people. There are heaps of different substances that people use to get high. The common ones include cannabis (also called marijuana), solvents, magic mushrooms or the abuse of prescription medication. Some people only use drugs occasionally in social situations, others find that they can't get by without having them on a regular basis. If you use drugs then you should go through the following checklist, which can help you to suss out if your drug use is a problem.

Have either you or other people noticed that your drug use is causing you to:

• Not be bothered doing any work or listening to other people.
• Do normal activities a lot slower than usual.
• Forget what has been said in the last half hour.
• Get into arguments about being late for things (or not even turning up at all).