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[quote=Anonymous][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.  We could take everything away from him.  At best that would do nothing and, at worst, he'd kill himself.  
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We've also come to realize that with his mental health issues, it probably brings him peace and relief.  [/b]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.

[b]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.[/b]  And, we sold his car and do not allow him to drive ever.  [/quote]

I agree with both of these things.

You get through it the best you can.  Keep him in therapy and try to keep him busy, and off of hard drugs.  The truth is there are many contributing, successful members of society who smoke weed.  I am not one of them, but it's not my life.  It's his.

A ton of support from me.  Teens are so, so tough to parent.[/quote]

I’m OP do you have consequences if you find stuff? If you think he’s using on school nights etc? [/quote]

If I find stuff, I throw it away.  It is not allowed in my house.  I don't have consequences for anything else except that so long as he's using, he can't drive.  [/quote]

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