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Marijuana, the New Beer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 612819" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Hi Tom and welcome to the SA forum. It does sound like your son is crossing the line into substance abuse. The red flag to me is:</p><p></p><p></p><p>That is not the same thing as an occasional beer. Combined with the fact that he is willing to smoke pot in your house knowing that is breaking the rules means he needs it more than he is willing to admit.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line, though, is that while he is 18 and a legal adult, he doesn't get to bring illegal substances into your home or smoke in the house where there are younger children. Now what you can do at this point is the problem. Since he is still in high school, I'm not sure if there is much you can do until he goes off to college or graduates and goes off to live on his own. You said he drives his brother to school. Whose car is it? Do you pay for the car insurance? Who pays for his phone?</p><p></p><p>Letting him drive your car when you know he is smoking pot is dangerous. Can you take away his keys? Refuse to pay for the car insurance? Letting him know that there will be consequences for his actions might be all you can do at this point. I'm not sure if a rehab would take him at this point. I remember taking my daughter to an intensive outpatient treatment center for teens and being told she didn't qualify because she wasn't a "heavy enough" user.</p><p></p><p>I wonder what that doctor would say if I told him that she had overdosed on heroin ten years later. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure others will come in with advice based on their experiences. Keep posting . . . the support you will find here is amazing. We have all lived with loved ones with substance abuse issues.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 612819, member: 1967"] Hi Tom and welcome to the SA forum. It does sound like your son is crossing the line into substance abuse. The red flag to me is: That is not the same thing as an occasional beer. Combined with the fact that he is willing to smoke pot in your house knowing that is breaking the rules means he needs it more than he is willing to admit. The bottom line, though, is that while he is 18 and a legal adult, he doesn't get to bring illegal substances into your home or smoke in the house where there are younger children. Now what you can do at this point is the problem. Since he is still in high school, I'm not sure if there is much you can do until he goes off to college or graduates and goes off to live on his own. You said he drives his brother to school. Whose car is it? Do you pay for the car insurance? Who pays for his phone? Letting him drive your car when you know he is smoking pot is dangerous. Can you take away his keys? Refuse to pay for the car insurance? Letting him know that there will be consequences for his actions might be all you can do at this point. I'm not sure if a rehab would take him at this point. I remember taking my daughter to an intensive outpatient treatment center for teens and being told she didn't qualify because she wasn't a "heavy enough" user. I wonder what that doctor would say if I told him that she had overdosed on heroin ten years later. I'm sure others will come in with advice based on their experiences. Keep posting . . . the support you will find here is amazing. We have all lived with loved ones with substance abuse issues. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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