Does anyone let their teenager smoke weed?

[Anonymous]

Not ideal but not any worse (and prob better) than “safe” meds like Xanax which are incredibly addictive.

[Anonymous]

Now that it’s been legalized, far more kids will get their hands on it.

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Anonymous wrote:Now that it’s been legalized, far more kids will get their hands on it.

Not necessarily, a dealer doesn't card a dispensary will, I know as a teen weed was usually easier to get than alcohol

[Anonymous]

I have not looked at the research in awhile. Years ago it was pretty clear that weed would often have significant impacts on the brain of not only minors but also young adults in their early twenties since the brain is still developing until around age 24 or so. I'm interested in if anyone here actually has any science or research to support their positions.

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Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine has a teenager, who suffers from depression and anxiety. She allows him to smoke weed, in order to keep him calm. It is not medically prescribed. How common is it to let your teenager just smoke weed? Is it that big of a deal? I don’t know much about it, I just wanted to get others thoughts on it..

I know a guy like this who used weed for this exact purpose as a teen well into adulthood. By 33 he was stoned 24/7 and wound up diagnosed bipolar (based on symptoms I would guess schizophrenic as well but he won’t see a dr regularly). His wife divorced him and I believe he is homeless and couch surfing the last I heard.

I wish I were an anti-weed troll but this is the truth and why I won’t let my kids smoke weed to alleviate mental health problems. They need clinical diagnoses and care or you risk winding up with a spiraling addict.

A healthy, well adjusted teen that uses weed occasionally for recreation is not nearly as big of a deal as one using it to cope with mental health problems.

Same happened to my BIL.

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Anonymous wrote:My super strict Asian parents let my sister.

She was allowed to smoke up on the deck a few times a week as long as her grades and test scores were strong.

When she first got caught they were furious beyond belief but her response was “would you rather me have a joint in my mouth or a d**k”….my sister never drank or was wild with boys so our parents lived with the pot habit.

Their largest fears were bad grades and being a thot so while weed wasn’t celebrated and they weren’t the type of parents to smoke along with kids, they decided it was better.

I guess it just depends on your house. Some families are way more sex positive but would flip over weed. Ours was the opposite

My Swedish mother would have rolled her eyes and said "a d*ck, obviously. Much healthier. Make sure he reciprocates, safely".

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Anonymous wrote:Now that it’s been legalized, far more kids will get their hands on it.

Not necessarily, a dealer doesn't card a dispensary will, I know as a teen weed was usually easier to get than alcohol

Yeah, ‘cause it’s not legal for teens and we all know teens always follow the law.

[Anonymous]

I smoke weed and no. There is a growing body of evidence that cannabis can do a lot wrt to anxiety ,etc that is oddly the opposite of the way that it works on already developed brains. Kiddo has ADHD, prone to being a little be anxious (though not GAD) and I'm very very very open that if he can hold off until at least 20 that would be great. If I can delay until college and then use 1-2 times a week (I don't think this is unrealistic at all) that would be a win in my book.

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I grew up in Vancouver, Canada where pot has always basically been no big deal and decriminalised. All the people I knew in high school who used regularly never really ended up with real jobs and are basically losers in adult life. People say it’s not addictive, but several of the people I knew in the stoner crowd went on to do many other drugs and ended up in rehab with mixed results. I can’t believe actual parents would set their kids up on the route in life.

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*this route

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Vancouver, Canada where pot has always basically been no big deal and decriminalised. All the people I knew in high school who used regularly never really ended up with real jobs and are basically losers in adult life. People say it’s not addictive, but several of the people I knew in the stoner crowd went on to do many other drugs and ended up in rehab with mixed results. I can’t believe actual parents would set their kids up on the route in life.

I have a sibling who was addicted for over a decade.

Anyone who claims marijuana is not addicting is a lying idiot or a stoner trying to defend legalization.

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Anonymous wrote:A good college friend of mine not in the DC area allowed her DS to smoke & he recently flipped from super-achieving academics (many APs/2 community college classes as a junior) to school resistance - wanting to drop out of school, running away. My friend believes he has marijuana-induced psychosis. Potency of pot now + documented risks to developing brains gives me great pause.

It has damaged my son immensely. I was laughed at by my husband when my kid was under 18, still living at home. Guess he liked paying that college bill for 7 years. Kid has a good job now but I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. Love my kid but he’s smoking daily and heading down a very dark path.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Vancouver, Canada where pot has always basically been no big deal and decriminalised. All the people I knew in high school who used regularly never really ended up with real jobs and are basically losers in adult life. People say it’s not addictive, but several of the people I knew in the stoner crowd went on to do many other drugs and ended up in rehab with mixed results. I can’t believe actual parents would set their kids up on the route in life.

There is a difference between being physically/chemically addictive like alcohol and heroin and being addictive as an action and feeling you are chasing (or looking to turn off feelings). Video games, food, gambling can be addictive too, you don't have a chemical dependence on Fortnite or black jack obviously vs facing severe physical withdrawl but you can certainly be addicted.

And I believe strongly in cannabis legalization for adult use and am very mad at all the time we lost that we could have spend studying cannabanoid properties in clinical settings. But I know that someone can become addicted to it, much like you can be addicted to shopping, etc.

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My 18 yr old applied for her medical card. She's been smoking for a couple of years. Now she can smoke legally. My 16 yr old son is very straight-laced and will not touch cigarettes, alcohol, or pot. Two different kids, two different mindsets, and their dad and I have smoked for years.

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it’s not that we dont let them. over the years, we have talked about addictions, substance abuse, etc. there is a point where they run with what youve instilled in them and modeled to them. for better or worse.