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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely. I am awake and handing over a bottle of water, and hugging them (and smelling them). Mine doesn't drink but does use weed. She thinks I don't know.[/quote]

What is your thought process and plan here?  In terms of knowing and not saying anything to her.  No snark.  Interested to hear more.[/quote]

Okay. I fully believe this is a phase, and my goal is to make it as short of a phase as possible. I absolutely talk to her and forward her articles backing up what I am saying about people self-medicating with weed, how people mistakenly think it blisses them out but really is a depressant and makes them less motivated and more depressed, how to interrupt a cycle, which friends are clean and moving ahead and getting natural highs, etc. But I'm not talking to her when she gets home past midnight and we're both ready for sleep. That won't be a productive discussion. [/quote]

She doesn’t know you know she smokes weed though?  Why does she think you’re talking to her about all this?  I know people who drug test for weed.  I’d go that route personally.  She’s not going to read an article and change her mind.[/quote]

There's no point in drug-testing her. I know it'd be positive. It's like hiring a PD when you know your spouse is cheating. No need for proof. If you know you know. I talk to her about abusive relationships and gun violence and mass shootings and she's never been involved in any of those. As her brain matures she will hear everything I've been saying, do her own research to confirm/refute and modify her actions as she sees fit. I am confident this is a phase and she will come through it. [/quote]

Are you serious?  The point of testing her would be to tell her to stop and make sure she stops.

Weed is not at all just a phase for many people.[/quote]

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