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<blockquote data-quote="Zardo" data-source="post: 515752" data-attributes="member: 12490"><p>I hear your confusion - his behavior right now sounds OK....in your first post, it sounded like it was not. If his behavior is OK; ie, going to school and getting acceptabel grades, participating in family life to some degree, working a job and providing his own spending money, no drugs, etc showing up in your home, I hate to say it but if he is using pot on an infrequent basis as many other kids his age, I am not sure it is a crisis. There are tests out there that can tell you the level of his use. My H had always said, I could understand if our son smoked a little pot while he is in high school, my H did too. For our son, it was the anger and lack of respect for anything or anyone, refusal of any school work, chores or any other responsilbity, trouble with the law, etc. that put his life in crisis. My son is much better and clean these days. If you ask him he would say that it was not the pot but rather a deep depression that caused the chaos - I hesitate to believe his theory, but only time will tell. So - if I were you and I saw my son functioning on such a normal level, I don't think I would test. If his behavior changes and you suspect use, that's when you would test because when social use progresses to abuse or dependance, you would CLEARLY see the signs. I think that's what we would do - others may feel differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardo, post: 515752, member: 12490"] I hear your confusion - his behavior right now sounds OK....in your first post, it sounded like it was not. If his behavior is OK; ie, going to school and getting acceptabel grades, participating in family life to some degree, working a job and providing his own spending money, no drugs, etc showing up in your home, I hate to say it but if he is using pot on an infrequent basis as many other kids his age, I am not sure it is a crisis. There are tests out there that can tell you the level of his use. My H had always said, I could understand if our son smoked a little pot while he is in high school, my H did too. For our son, it was the anger and lack of respect for anything or anyone, refusal of any school work, chores or any other responsilbity, trouble with the law, etc. that put his life in crisis. My son is much better and clean these days. If you ask him he would say that it was not the pot but rather a deep depression that caused the chaos - I hesitate to believe his theory, but only time will tell. So - if I were you and I saw my son functioning on such a normal level, I don't think I would test. If his behavior changes and you suspect use, that's when you would test because when social use progresses to abuse or dependance, you would CLEARLY see the signs. I think that's what we would do - others may feel differently. [/QUOTE]
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