Nanograms from cocaine?

My daughter was arrested for probation contravention. Her lawyer told me she have a severely high nanogram level and that she has a serious problem. My daughter (I believe her) told me she solitary did it 1 time. The lawyer say they found 900 nanograms in her blood and that be indicative of a long time user. I found on the interet that 1 nanogram was 1 billion smaller number than a microgram or something like that. I don't deduce all this science stuff, can anyone relate me if I really should believe my daughter or if she is a addict?

Answer:
900 nano grams is so small its not even really clear

like its 0.000000000900 g is the equilvant.. (if i own my placement right nano i think is 10^ -9 (ten next to a negative 9 exponent)

so yes i would side near your daughter and not the lawyer..
You daughter is lying. Trust me.I used to be 16 and I also used to do drugs! And I also own a mother.your daughter is lying
A nanogram is a billionth of a gram. That's not a lot.
What they found is a consistent amount of nanograms in your daughters blood.
However, they did not remove adjectives her blood; they took a sample.
From that they calculated the amount of nanograms per ... litre? Millilitre?
That I don't know.
Suppose it's per litre, and she have 5 litres of blood... then she have 900 times 5 = 4500 nanograms in her blood.

Again, is that much?

Compare it to drinking achohol. Your intoxication-level is measured surrounded by prommilles, NOT in the actual amount of drinks you've have.
Below 0.5 promille is in abundant countries the legal limitation for driving a car.
But a big indigestible person can own that after 3 drinks, a skinny person can hold 0.5 promille after 1 drink, and the heavy being can have 6 drinks and loaf a couple of hours and be at 0.5 promille.

You get the picture? You can't give an account how much your daughter has used because her bodyweight and the time elapsed since she's used it both cash the outcome of the reading, just approaching what happens beside alcohol.

My advice is: Your daugher is openly trying to play this down. She will tell you "It wasn't closely and it was the individual time ever, scout's honour".
So, has she used? Definitely.
Fortunately, using and individual addicted are two different things - at the moment. If your daughter keeps this up, they could become one and the same.
Read up on this, tell your daughter she's crossed the splash, and consider getting help.

On chitchat to/with your daughter: The more you let your anger out, the smaller amount information you will get and the smaller number helpful she will be.
Might I suggest you don't look at her as a child for the duration of a conversation, and ask her everything that comes to mind.
Ask her for information, not around what she's done.
Not 'where did you buy it', why did you do it and Don't You Know How Dissapointed I Am.

Try:
'Where would one get it' 'is it expensive' 'what is the effect' 'what does someone have a feeling when they take it' 'are family embarrased to use it in front of respectively other or do they encourage respectively other' 'has she seen general public taking crack - is crack available as easy as coke' - that sort of point.

Ask her for her personal opinion. Does she suggest it's addictive?
Two tips: Cocaine is considered to be mentally addictive, much more than physically. That is, people want to cart it because it makes them perceive good; not taking it does not offer physical withdrawel symptoms.
And crack or meth are reasons to be alarmed.
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