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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 494544" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Welcome jerlee. Our daughter began smoking pot at 14. We suspected because we knew neighborhood boys that smoked pot. We did everything we could to keep her away from it but nothing worked. She then began drinking, a lot, mostly beer but then it escalated to vodka or anything available. She did try other drugs from time to time, nothing terrible serious, but drugs all the same. She snorted adderal a couple times I know. If she had not entered treatment when she did I have no doubt that she would have gotten into much harder drugs. Her drinking was the worst problem, she could drink a case of beer a night.</p><p></p><p>My daughter is also ODD and we have had issues with her for many years so it was not a surprise she turned to substance abuse. She has told us that it was the only thing that made her feel normal and let her fit in with people. I think that's common among our substance abuse kids, they don't feel right in their own skin so they turn to alcohol/drugs. </p><p></p><p>Like so many others here, ours is a sad story of her getting into legal trouble, running away from home, getting suspendedf from college, losing her job, getting kicked out of the house and living with a druggie neighbor for two months until she finally agree to go into a treatment abuse center. The only thing that helped was rehab and subsequent outpatient treatment and a lifelong commitment to staying sober. She is only 20 years old now and it's a tough life for a youg person but she now knows the stakes. No amount of pleading, threatening, begging made her change until she hit her bottom, and it was very difficult to watch happen.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter is still young and you can require her to go into drug counseling/treatment. Eventually her pot smoking will cause problems in other areas of her life. She started awfully youong. Irregardless of what many people have said, I don't believe young people can only smoke pot and not move onto other drugs. All of the other young people I know who were smoking pot early are not into other things, a lot moved to heroin which in our area has skyrocketed. The pot of today is not like the pot of the 70's. It is much more potent and is usually laced with other things. </p><p></p><p>How are her grades in school? Pot made my daughter very tired and lethargic. She can't possibly be performing well in school or elsewhere is she is smoking pot constantly. Also where is she getting the money to buy it?</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps get you started. Tell us more about your daughter and others will be along shortly.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 494544, member: 59"] Welcome jerlee. Our daughter began smoking pot at 14. We suspected because we knew neighborhood boys that smoked pot. We did everything we could to keep her away from it but nothing worked. She then began drinking, a lot, mostly beer but then it escalated to vodka or anything available. She did try other drugs from time to time, nothing terrible serious, but drugs all the same. She snorted adderal a couple times I know. If she had not entered treatment when she did I have no doubt that she would have gotten into much harder drugs. Her drinking was the worst problem, she could drink a case of beer a night. My daughter is also ODD and we have had issues with her for many years so it was not a surprise she turned to substance abuse. She has told us that it was the only thing that made her feel normal and let her fit in with people. I think that's common among our substance abuse kids, they don't feel right in their own skin so they turn to alcohol/drugs. Like so many others here, ours is a sad story of her getting into legal trouble, running away from home, getting suspendedf from college, losing her job, getting kicked out of the house and living with a druggie neighbor for two months until she finally agree to go into a treatment abuse center. The only thing that helped was rehab and subsequent outpatient treatment and a lifelong commitment to staying sober. She is only 20 years old now and it's a tough life for a youg person but she now knows the stakes. No amount of pleading, threatening, begging made her change until she hit her bottom, and it was very difficult to watch happen. Your daughter is still young and you can require her to go into drug counseling/treatment. Eventually her pot smoking will cause problems in other areas of her life. She started awfully youong. Irregardless of what many people have said, I don't believe young people can only smoke pot and not move onto other drugs. All of the other young people I know who were smoking pot early are not into other things, a lot moved to heroin which in our area has skyrocketed. The pot of today is not like the pot of the 70's. It is much more potent and is usually laced with other things. How are her grades in school? Pot made my daughter very tired and lethargic. She can't possibly be performing well in school or elsewhere is she is smoking pot constantly. Also where is she getting the money to buy it? I hope this helps get you started. Tell us more about your daughter and others will be along shortly. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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