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18 yr old daughter has started smoking pot
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<blockquote data-quote="VirginiaMom" data-source="post: 660060" data-attributes="member: 19250"><p>Often times, abuse of drugs starts because there is a mental disorder they are trying to self-medicate. Truly - you and her father should just let it be - let her do what she will do and do not help her. Not financially and don't allow her to live with you or have any access to your immediate family or household. She is an adult. She was offered college and an education. Now, she has to get a job and work like everyone else. If she doesn't get that now, she will be like my daughter whose 30, addicted to opiates (went to herion) has lost custody of her child. (Her choice!) And now facing B&E and theft of our home while we were gone on vacation and unauthorized use of one of our vehicles. </p><p></p><p>Yes, that is how far it has gone and she behaves like a teenager. This said, I truly think pot is one of the most mild of all drugs and should be legal for those 21 and older, does less harm than alcohol. And we truly don't know what our kids do. My daughter told me that she didn't use heroin, later she did, then she has changed when she first used several times. Changes when she started using pain pills (I have my suspicion of when it started). Truth is not one of their things they tell - fabricated stories to make us feel sorry for them. We want to "fix" them because they are our children. But they are not. They are adults now and have to grow up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VirginiaMom, post: 660060, member: 19250"] Often times, abuse of drugs starts because there is a mental disorder they are trying to self-medicate. Truly - you and her father should just let it be - let her do what she will do and do not help her. Not financially and don't allow her to live with you or have any access to your immediate family or household. She is an adult. She was offered college and an education. Now, she has to get a job and work like everyone else. If she doesn't get that now, she will be like my daughter whose 30, addicted to opiates (went to herion) has lost custody of her child. (Her choice!) And now facing B&E and theft of our home while we were gone on vacation and unauthorized use of one of our vehicles. Yes, that is how far it has gone and she behaves like a teenager. This said, I truly think pot is one of the most mild of all drugs and should be legal for those 21 and older, does less harm than alcohol. And we truly don't know what our kids do. My daughter told me that she didn't use heroin, later she did, then she has changed when she first used several times. Changes when she started using pain pills (I have my suspicion of when it started). Truth is not one of their things they tell - fabricated stories to make us feel sorry for them. We want to "fix" them because they are our children. But they are not. They are adults now and have to grow up. [/QUOTE]
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