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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 18 yo son is a recent high school graduate and apparently a very frequent pot user.  His older sister broke the news that this has been a long term habit.  He has always been a bit high maintenance, but nothing like the last 18 months.  He is unpleasant to be around, always annoyed with anything we say or do, etc.  He has been in therapy for 6 months, but claims to be totally done with pot which we know is a lie.  Our therapist indicates that we have to trust him and take him at face value. Our therapist also tells us that we need to try to get through the summer and try to launch him off to college with as little drama as possible.  Our therapist says do not drug test him and do not search his room.  See the bigger picture (relationship-wise). It's only pot. Thoughts?[/quote]

My sisters son was the same, how they wish they had done things differently. Her H said it was only pot and it would straighten out in college. WRONG. He went downhill and fast. Fast forward three years later and he is a college drop out has moved from pot to oxycotin and barely holds down a job. At 23 they cannot do a thing or enforce any kind of treatment/therapy. How they WISH they had been tougher on him....take it from someone who watched them go through more pain than any parent should......do what you can NOW. The therapist is likely a frequent pot user herself and sees no harm, but todays pot is potent stuff and not to be taken lightly. Good luck. I would say pot use= no college. PERIOD.[/quote]

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