Weed. Casual or more. How did you know?

[Anonymous]

Montgomery County age cutoff is 18. HS counselor highly suggested that we get him in when he was one month shy of his 18th birthday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SIL tried to get nephew into a treatment program for weed after they found him smoking it for the 4th time. She couldn't find one that would accept him in their state. He was 17 at that point and he didn't qualify based on intake questions(?!) is what she told me. Three different centers classified him as a casual user who didn't need treatment.

He's 20 now and still smokes based off of what I see on his IG. I won't let my kids be in the car with him nor is he allowed in any of their cars. He did give it up for an entire summer while doing an internship that drug tested periodically. He says once he's a real adult (aka graduates from college) he'll stop until he finds a job and then only smoke on the weekends.

I think they do give it up as they grow up, but extremely frustrating when they are doing it every day while in HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SIL tried to get nephew into a treatment program for weed after they found him smoking it for the 4th time. She couldn't find one that would accept him in their state. He was 17 at that point and he didn't qualify based on intake questions(?!) is what she told me. Three different centers classified him as a casual user who didn't need treatment.

He's 20 now and still smokes based off of what I see on his IG. I won't let my kids be in the car with him nor is he allowed in any of their cars. He did give it up for an entire summer while doing an internship that drug tested periodically. He says once he's a real adult (aka graduates from college) he'll stop until he finds a job and then only smoke on the weekends.

I think they do give it up as they grow up, but extremely frustrating when they are doing it every day while in HS.

I think weed treatment is a bit of an over reach usually. I would pursue mental health, therapy and anxiety or depression before putting a kid in rehab with a bunch of serious drug users.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County age cutoff is 18. HS counselor highly suggested that we get him in when he was one month shy of his 18th birthday.

That’s not Montgomery county, that’s when they are legal adults and you can’t legally compel them to do anything

[Anonymous]

I know because no one touches my dugout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know because no one touches my dugout.

WTH? What does thAt mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SIL tried to get nephew into a treatment program for weed after they found him smoking it for the 4th time. She couldn't find one that would accept him in their state. He was 17 at that point and he didn't qualify based on intake questions(?!) is what she told me. Three different centers classified him as a casual user who didn't need treatment.

He's 20 now and still smokes based off of what I see on his IG. I won't let my kids be in the car with him nor is he allowed in any of their cars. He did give it up for an entire summer while doing an internship that drug tested periodically. He says once he's a real adult (aka graduates from college) he'll stop until he finds a job and then only smoke on the weekends.

I think they do give it up as they grow up, but extremely frustrating when they are doing it every day while in HS.

Obviously not all do especially now with it legal so many places it’s a cultural shift where it’s become to them (this generation) the same as drinking.

[Anonymous]

The Vape pens are so tiny, so quick, and the cartridges so concentrated and odorless that many families have only the changes in behavior as a warning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Vape pens are so tiny, so quick, and the cartridges so concentrated and odorless that many families have only the changes in behavior as a warning.

Agree and even thatvwith teens hard to discern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SIL tried to get nephew into a treatment program for weed after they found him smoking it for the 4th time. She couldn't find one that would accept him in their state. He was 17 at that point and he didn't qualify based on intake questions(?!) is what she told me. Three different centers classified him as a casual user who didn't need treatment.

He's 20 now and still smokes based off of what I see on his IG. I won't let my kids be in the car with him nor is he allowed in any of their cars. He did give it up for an entire summer while doing an internship that drug tested periodically. He says once he's a real adult (aka graduates from college) he'll stop until he finds a job and then only smoke on the weekends.

And people still want to pretend weed isn't addictive

[Anonymous]

I agree that teens view weed the same as or even better than alcohol. I know all the evidence and I am concerned about use but I also do agree that many more horrible things come from being drunk on a weekly basis which is what a lot of high school and college kids do. None would be better.

[Anonymous]

You can’t really control it. You can talk to them, have a good relationship, express worries, give them evidence but at the end of the day, despite what many parents believe, you can’t control an older teen. I also have seen over and over parents who freak out about weed, drug test and all that but then their kid turns to drinking, and a lot. A lot of bad things happen when teens are drinking, that is when the unprotected sex, assaults, accidents, and rape happen. Not so much on weed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t really control it. You can talk to them, have a good relationship, express worries, give them evidence but at the end of the day, despite what many parents believe, you can’t control an older teen. I also have seen over and over parents who freak out about weed, drug test and all that but then their kid turns to drinking, and a lot. A lot of bad things happen when teens are drinking, that is when the unprotected sex, assaults, accidents, and rape happen. Not so much on weed.

It's all worrisome. And I feel like my brain is just catching up to how much more normal this is. In my day it was less common and when we finally did experiment we were older and it was also harder to get so we didn't do it often. I think it is easier than alcohol to get now. And in the vape version there's no smell so what are the signs? Red eyes I know. Are swollen eyelids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County age cutoff is 18. HS counselor highly suggested that we get him in when he was one month shy of his 18th birthday.

That’s not Montgomery county, that’s when they are legal adults and you can’t legally compel them to do anything

No, Montgomery County has special services at no charge for when they are under 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SIL tried to get nephew into a treatment program for weed after they found him smoking it for the 4th time. She couldn't find one that would accept him in their state. He was 17 at that point and he didn't qualify based on intake questions(?!) is what she told me. Three different centers classified him as a casual user who didn't need treatment.

He's 20 now and still smokes based off of what I see on his IG. I won't let my kids be in the car with him nor is he allowed in any of their cars. He did give it up for an entire summer while doing an internship that drug tested periodically. He says once he's a real adult (aka graduates from college) he'll stop until he finds a job and then only smoke on the weekends.

I think they do give it up as they grow up, but extremely frustrating when they are doing it every day while in HS.

I think weed treatment is a bit of an over reach usually. I would pursue mental health, therapy and anxiety or depression before putting a kid in rehab with a bunch of serious drug users.

Totally agree. With just weed, I would agree with what you said. If other drugs were involved, I would definitely look into treatment.