My Best friends is a drug addict, what should I do? HELP Me PLEASE!?!

You are becoming co-dependent. You are allowing the drama of her drug addiction to become YOUR drama. This is NOT a healthy relationship. Be advised that, because drug addicts struggle with their addiction, they are usually very self-centered, although they may not appear to be that way. They have to focus all their energy on appearing "normal" and coping with the symptoms of addiction, and seldom have a lot left over to give to someone else. As her peer, you should simply respect her right to make her own choices. It is then your responsibility to decide whether and how much you should expose yourself to her situation.

Think carefully about roles and responsibilities:
- It is the responsibility of her parents and teachers to supervise her, and detect and take action with respect to drug use.
- It is her own responsibility to make healthy choices.
- As a friend, your responsibility is to share trust, respect and affection with her, and those things need to reciprocal.
- You have a responsibility to yourself to maintain your personal boundaries, manage your own exposure to stress and avoid situations that could be harmful to you in some way.

In practical terms, you do not have authority in this situation. If you interfere, however, then it can feel like the responsibility for what happens next falls on you. It doesn't really. If she didn't use drugs, then she couldn't be caught. If she allows a friend to know about her drug use, she imposes a moral dilemma on them, and they have to follow their conscience. It is again, her fault, for placing a "friend" in that difficult situation. The real blame is always on her for using the drugs in the first place, but drug users are very good at making other people feel responsible for their problems. If you insert yourself into this situation, then you are likely to end up struggling with blame and guilt that really doesn't belong to you.

If you choose to act, you must first anticipate the worst possible outcome, even if she got depressed enough to kill herself, and ACCEPT that outcome. Know that you tried. That you acted in the only way that your conscience would allow, and that you did your best but could could not know how it would turn out. However, that is WAY too much responsibility for a child to take on, so I advise that you stay out of it. You are a child, too. You do not have the experience, authority or resources to cope with another child's drug addiction. If you try to take this on yourself, and it turns out badly, it could be emotionally traumatic for you. Of course, if you do nothing and the same thing happens, you can still end up feeling responsible for NOT involving yourself. All in all, it is morally wrong that this family has placed this burden upon a child such as yourself.

The best solution is probably that you talk this over with your own parents. It is THEIR responsibility to protect you from this sort of thing, but they can't do that if they don't know about it.

Let her parents and teachers monitor her and discover this for themselves. She can't hide it forever. Don't go out of your way to cover up for her, but don't put yourself in the middle of it. If she asks you for advice, then give it. If she doesn't ask for it, don't offer it. Try to maintain some reasonable "personal boundaries". Avoid letting all of her problems become your problems. Share information, but maintain some level of reserve.

And, try to keep your perspective. It is not healthy for her to be your "only" friend. You need to focus some effort of making some other friends, both kids and adults (parents friends are great for this), so that you have a broad emotional support network.

Best Wishes and Good Luck to you both. e-hugs. You are in a bit over your head. Get some backup.

if its weed its not a drug , its not addicting / if its anything else , TELL , you may have saved her life .

You should take these factors into consideration before saying anything:

What type of drug is it? Is it really dangerous like tic or ecstasy or is it just something like weed.

How badly addicted is she?

How is she doing physically, emotionally? Is she very emotional and can you see her sweating, shaking, experiencing memory loss and passing out, etc? What does she look like to you?

Using common sense is probably the best idea. Try not to overreact. Take a deep breath and ask yourself how bad the situation really is. If you say bad then I suggest you tell her parents or somebody who can help her. If you say it’s not too bad then I would say monitor the situation.

Saving a life of a friend is far more important than any promise you may have made to her on a whim. You might have to make a difficult choice here and end up losing your friend if it's really bad.