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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 405970" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>ALL of that is possible. I know a LOT of people who are unhappy because they cannot just give their kids the days worth of medications to be kept in their pockets - each of these parents says that their kids know when they are supposed to take them and would take them at the right time and be responsible, but nothing else in the child's behavior says that it would happen that way. Twelve is a popular age with dealers because they are old enough to be defiant and interested in experimenting and young enough to do a lot of things for a low payment. Trading medications is actually pretty common. It is one reason that many medications have come out in longer lasting forms - ease of dosing is only a small part. Lowering the ability to trade them by lowering the number of opportunities to cheek them (or whatever) is a reason that the govt pushed for the long acting forms.</p><p> </p><p>LOTS of kids actually start with stims and not pot because so many kids in school take stims. They then go to pot to help mellow themselves out. Stims can be very addictive, and cocaine and crack and meth are just illegal forms of them. </p><p> </p><p>Your son's behaviors could be related to stimulant use/abuse. Unless he admits it there really is not a way you are going to know for 100% sure, but this sure is a possibility. I hope and pray he hits "bottom" at some point and gets help, because the way he is using them in Department of Juvenile Justice is going to lead to other addiction when he gets out, if it hasn't already. I am sorry that you even have to consider this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 405970, member: 1233"] ALL of that is possible. I know a LOT of people who are unhappy because they cannot just give their kids the days worth of medications to be kept in their pockets - each of these parents says that their kids know when they are supposed to take them and would take them at the right time and be responsible, but nothing else in the child's behavior says that it would happen that way. Twelve is a popular age with dealers because they are old enough to be defiant and interested in experimenting and young enough to do a lot of things for a low payment. Trading medications is actually pretty common. It is one reason that many medications have come out in longer lasting forms - ease of dosing is only a small part. Lowering the ability to trade them by lowering the number of opportunities to cheek them (or whatever) is a reason that the govt pushed for the long acting forms. LOTS of kids actually start with stims and not pot because so many kids in school take stims. They then go to pot to help mellow themselves out. Stims can be very addictive, and cocaine and crack and meth are just illegal forms of them. Your son's behaviors could be related to stimulant use/abuse. Unless he admits it there really is not a way you are going to know for 100% sure, but this sure is a possibility. I hope and pray he hits "bottom" at some point and gets help, because the way he is using them in Department of Juvenile Justice is going to lead to other addiction when he gets out, if it hasn't already. I am sorry that you even have to consider this. [/QUOTE]
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