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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot believe the "oh, well" attitude. No way no how with this bullsh*t. [/quote]

You all keep saying this, but what is the alternative?[/quote]

This is a good question and it's something we should all be talking about. I have a 15 YO DS and a young male family member who died of a drug overdose (started with pot about this age, of course), so it's a real concern of mine. Frankly, I don't know what I would do in OP's shoes, but I sure as hell wouldn't throw in the towel, refuse to parent and/or be confrontational, and just accept it.

Some thoughts if it was my kid:

1) He would be out of his fancy private school, like that week. Going to this school is a privilege and he knows he's expected to hold up his end of the deal. This would be viewed as a massive failure.

2) I would be in touch with the parents of all of his friends and would have a serious conversation with all of them. Some probably wouldn't care of there kids were into pot (witness: OP), but I would find out which ones are, who his "dealer" is and put a stop to the social supply chain.

3) He would be getting a part time job. Let him deal with the issue of drug testing. But smoking pot = too much time on his hands, so it's time to go to work. Fast food, busing tables, grocery shelve stocking -- I don't care. But he's going into the real work world.

4) Worst case scenario: [b]We would move out of the area[/b]. I'm serious about this. Nothing more important than my kids' health and well being is worth our life in DC. I'm not saying things would be automatically better anywhere else, but a place that does not put so much emphasis on material wealth and success, and thus breed habits like this in teens who feel like they are not measuring up, might be what he needs.

5) Therapy, for him and the whole family.[/quote]

Er, you think that people who work in the restaurant industry or retail (since those are the jobs you listed mostly) never smoke weed?  [/quote]

Move where? There is absolutely no place you're going to move to where your kid isn't going to find pot.[/quote]

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