Okay, using your analogy here:
Yeah, every kid lies to their parents at one point or another. So, she lied and went to a party, which leads to her drug addiction. I'm assuming this is pot, because I've seen a -lot- of drug addicts, and it's easy to spot that something is off with them, unless it's pot. Meth users get the weird sunk-in cheeks, alcoholics attitudes tend to shift, and so on [though, living on the beach, you should know this pretty well already]. If the parents aren't noticing the tell-tale signs, be it physical differences, or drastic change in behaviour such as sleeping in class or constantly being held after for detention, then, to me, that strikes as negligence, which IS their fault. Granted, the kid was old enough to realize what she was doing was wrong [hence why she lied to cover it up in the first place, meaning it was premeditated], and it just spun out of control, but if the parents aren't into her life enough to notice things and possibly help control things before they spiral out of control, then they should get some sort of punishment as well; maybe not something as drastic as "contributing to the delinquency of a minor", but DEFINITELY "child negligence", or whatever the hell the equivalent term is.
