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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 601560" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>I do see where you are coming from and I think there are plenty of kids who can smoke pot now and then without a problem...just like many can drink alcohol and not become alcoholics. I think most of the parents on this forum are not dealing with kids who smoke pot once in a while. Most of us tried many other things before rehab. My take has always been look at the other behaviors and go from there...so with my son it was about getting in trouble with school or the law and he has been in plenty with both since he was 14. It was not about smoking pot.... if that is all it was I would probably have talked about it and rolled with it.... but for him it was about doing anything to get high and getting in trouble.</p><p></p><p>I think the key issue to really look at is why someone is smoking pot...its one thing if you are with friends and smoke to have fun (yes there are many better ways to have fun), it is quite another if you are using it to numb your feelings and to avoid life. That is where it really starts becoming a problem.</p><p></p><p>One difference I see between alcohol and pot is that it seems to me people smoke pot to get high... some people drink to get drunk but others may enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, a beer on a hot day, or a drink at a party but stop way before they feel it. I dont think people just take a hit of pot for the taste.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate your input but I think most of the parents on this forum are talking about way more serious drrug use than occasionally smoking pot.... and yet we have all heard our kids tell us they only smoke pot or its just recretational use. I know my son has said that and yet he has done way more than pot and his drug use has landed him in a whole heap of trouble.... the courts are in charge now.</p><p></p><p>*TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 601560, member: 15801"] I do see where you are coming from and I think there are plenty of kids who can smoke pot now and then without a problem...just like many can drink alcohol and not become alcoholics. I think most of the parents on this forum are not dealing with kids who smoke pot once in a while. Most of us tried many other things before rehab. My take has always been look at the other behaviors and go from there...so with my son it was about getting in trouble with school or the law and he has been in plenty with both since he was 14. It was not about smoking pot.... if that is all it was I would probably have talked about it and rolled with it.... but for him it was about doing anything to get high and getting in trouble. I think the key issue to really look at is why someone is smoking pot...its one thing if you are with friends and smoke to have fun (yes there are many better ways to have fun), it is quite another if you are using it to numb your feelings and to avoid life. That is where it really starts becoming a problem. One difference I see between alcohol and pot is that it seems to me people smoke pot to get high... some people drink to get drunk but others may enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, a beer on a hot day, or a drink at a party but stop way before they feel it. I dont think people just take a hit of pot for the taste. I appreciate your input but I think most of the parents on this forum are talking about way more serious drrug use than occasionally smoking pot.... and yet we have all heard our kids tell us they only smoke pot or its just recretational use. I know my son has said that and yet he has done way more than pot and his drug use has landed him in a whole heap of trouble.... the courts are in charge now. *TL [/QUOTE]
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