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[quote=Anonymous]I live in Seattle which is why I’m reading this in the middle of the night and if where you live is anything like here, yes, it’s everywhere. But what you need to remember is that vape products- nicotine or weed- are illegal under age 21. You can read your kid the riot act right now. It is not “legal” any more than drugs are “legal” here. Start by not perpetuating the idea that it’s legal or normal to vape weed or nicotine in a public place, let alone for a 16 year old.

Where I live, my kid has 3 of those nasty smoke shops within easy walking distance of our house. They are a pox and I don’t understand how they can exist legally. But the weed and the idea of selling it is the dangerous part with actual legal consequences.

Is your kid buying from someone affiliated with a shady smoke shop or from a HS kid who buys supplies from someone else? Are they buying at school? Do they understand the consequences of paying money for weed or selling it at school or within 1000 feet of a school? It’s certainly not legal there and those are one of the few places in our area where cops are likely to show up on a report of drug use/sale. Your son needs to understand the concepts of a felony, distribution to a minor at least 3 years younger, and how far 1000 feet from a school actually is.

It’s also important to reiterate to you and to your son that it’s not normal. It might be normal within his friend group, but the vast majority of HS ages kids in the area and in the country are not using nicotine or weed. Don’t normalize it! This study is often criticized but the numbers are reflective of local rates of use:

https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2022/12/most-reported-substance-use-among-adolescents-held-steady-in-2022

The majority of HSers I know do not have time to vape or use weed. They are doing mountains of homework every night after time-consuming extracurriculars, with a smattering of partying here and there. If your kid has time to regularly vape and obtain vaping supplies, they have too much free time and money. This is not the time for an unstructured childhood of free play and exploration- it’s time for a really time-consuming extracurricular and a paid job. They’ve shown they cannot be trusted with free time and that they are spending your money on illegal activities that are actually harming their health. So they lose their free time and they can start earning their own money. [/quote]

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