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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in the midst of the same thing.  Kid who suffers from depression, anxiety and ADHD.  I don't know how often he's using.  We've done everything - psych treatment for his mental illness, medication for ADHD, etc.  We have gotten to the point where we realize that this is not something we can control.  [b]We could take everything away from him.  At best that would do nothing and, at worst, he'd kill himself.  [/b]

We've also come to realize that with his mental health issues, it probably brings him peace and relief.  Again, I'm not happy about it, but I can't deny what it does for him and that nothing else has controlled his anxiety.

So we set ground rules.  It cannot be brought into our house.  He cannot use our money for it.  He bears the consequences if he gets caught.  And, we sold his car and do not allow him to drive ever.  [/quote]

Horrible parenting. “We could take everything away from him.” No, you MUST take everything away from him. At some point, the weed will do nothing for him and he will look for something harder. He is a child that is thinking like a child. You need to be the adult. You are holding a child’s hand as he smokes weed and this is so sad. [/quote]

Why would you take everything away when there would be no good outcome from it?  Doing something that would cause harm is horrible parenting.  [/quote]

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