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[quote=Anonymous]Get him tested for ADHD and executive function.

It sounds like he is smart but struggling owing to some problem like this.  I do not share others' views, OP,  that you are wrong to be worried.  It is exactly situations like this where the teenage brain is not your friend.  Teens can so easily become discouraged and decide to pack it all in, sliding in their academics and finding other interests like drugs.

That your DS has declared his interest in trying other drugs is a red flag to me.  There are some dangerous ones out there that can make him feel very good in the moment and then you have an addiction problem to deal with.  You will be very lucky if his drug of choice in this regard is marijuana instead of, say, cocaine or heroin.  But that he has tried marijuana and wants to experiment with others says to me marijuana isn't quite doing it for him, putting him at risk of harder drugs.

Even if this happens, though there is hope.  You may think having your child addicted to hard drugs is the end of the world as you know it.  But it isn't.  There are plenty of success stories out there. I am practically bursting from pride over how well my formerly hard drug addicted DC is doing.  Of course you'd rather not have to go through an addiction.  I'm just saying that the worse you are imagining right now can still actually turn out all right over time.[/quote]

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