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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 695375" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Jackie:</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the forum!</p><p></p><p>My son has severe anxiety/depression which manifested at 15. He started to smoke weed to "help" it. It was a gateway drug for him. He now is abusing prescription drugs.</p><p></p><p>I never thought marijuana was bad either. I smoked a lot of it in high school so when he first started to smoke, I figured it was the normal teenage right of passage and he'd get over it. Wasn't super concerned.</p><p></p><p>His psychiatrist actually said that marijuana does help initially with anxiety but actually makes it WORSE. The medication he took for anxiety he was selling for weed and so it was a huge mess.</p><p></p><p>If your son is making decent money he should get his own place and then he can do what he wants. Many on this board feel that adult children should NOT live at home and this is one of the many reasons why. I have to agree. I would not budge on this at all. If he does not follow your rules, he needs to leave your home. You don't need to have a reason why. You have a younger child and that child deserves to not have to live in a home where there is drug use, even legal marijuana. Your obviously very uncomfortable with this situation or you would not have posted here.</p><p></p><p>Your son is an adult now. He is doing adult things and making adult choices. My situation is much different than yours but that fact alone has helped me tremendously to detach.</p><p></p><p>Hugs and good luck and I certainly hope everything works out in your favor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 695375, member: 15032"] Jackie: Welcome to the forum! My son has severe anxiety/depression which manifested at 15. He started to smoke weed to "help" it. It was a gateway drug for him. He now is abusing prescription drugs. I never thought marijuana was bad either. I smoked a lot of it in high school so when he first started to smoke, I figured it was the normal teenage right of passage and he'd get over it. Wasn't super concerned. His psychiatrist actually said that marijuana does help initially with anxiety but actually makes it WORSE. The medication he took for anxiety he was selling for weed and so it was a huge mess. If your son is making decent money he should get his own place and then he can do what he wants. Many on this board feel that adult children should NOT live at home and this is one of the many reasons why. I have to agree. I would not budge on this at all. If he does not follow your rules, he needs to leave your home. You don't need to have a reason why. You have a younger child and that child deserves to not have to live in a home where there is drug use, even legal marijuana. Your obviously very uncomfortable with this situation or you would not have posted here. Your son is an adult now. He is doing adult things and making adult choices. My situation is much different than yours but that fact alone has helped me tremendously to detach. Hugs and good luck and I certainly hope everything works out in your favor. [/QUOTE]
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