Drug Stash Secrets: What Could Be Hiding In Your Childs Room

By Karina Nova Monday November 10, 2014 6:28 PM UPDATED: Monday November 10, 2014 6:43 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio -

Narcotics officers tell 10TV that kids are finding more items they can use to hide drugs in their home.

Drug abuse can take a life at any age.

Zoey Lockwoods family still celebrates her birthday each year, even though she died of a drug overdose in 2010.

She always smiled. She always had a lot of friends, and then when she turned to be a teenager - she was completely different, says her mother, Susan Bell.

Susan assumed it was Zoey just being an emotional teen. Then by age 14, Zoey started smoking and caring less about her appearance.

It never crossed my mind that she would do that, added Susan.

Susan says she missed the signs that her daughter started doing drugs. When she found a piece of sandpaper in Zoey's room, she thought nothing of it and tossed it in the trash.

It turned out that out it could have given her a big hint as to what was happening in her daughter's world.

And I said to her What is a teenage girl doing with sandpaper in your room? Are you doing some home remodeling I don't know about? and we kind of laughed it off. She never did say anything, explained Susan.

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Drug Stash Secrets: What Could Be Hiding In Your Childs Room