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[quote=Anonymous]My 14 yo DD was at a school event and I picked her up about 45 mins after the event let out. She was in the usual pack of kids, hanging out in a very public area, outside. 
When she and one friend got in the car, I faintly smelled smoke and immediately asked. The friends said, "yea, some of the other kids smoke" and my kid just acted clueless.

Turns out, there was a lighter in my kid's jacket. She was acting weird about her coat-tried to give it to the other friend-so I took it and there was a lighter.

When I asked her about it, she immediately told me it was her friend's lighter. I told her that was most likely not true and then she gave me the "you never believe anything I say" crap. 
She insisted that she would never smoke because she is not stupid. She is a top notch athlete and knows very well the dangers of smoking because of serious illnesses and deaths in our extended family. She also is a fantastic student, all A's, one B+ this term-which of course she reminded me of.

A few minutes later, she came to me and said "Can I tell you the truth?" I thought she would say that she tried a cigarette and hated it or something like that but she proceeded to throw her friend further under the bus. She said that this good friend (whose mother is a casual friend of mine), has started smoking pot with other kids. She said that the original group of friends (mostly kids on the same sports team) is talking to her to try to get her to stop. Oh, and she said that I cannot tell the mother!

So, what to believe here? This is my oldest so all new territory. I was no angel as a teenager, but never did drugs. I would like to believe my kid but I also know the "I was just holding it for my friend" excuse is probably pure bullshit.

Help a mom out here![/quote]

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