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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are the parents?  Clearly they are ok with their kids using. [/quote]
This is not true. There are many parents who are at their wits' end but feel powerless.[/quote]

Then stop feeling powerless and take control.  Drug test your kids, put them in treatment, ground them, take away the money, etc.  Stop making it easy.  Kids will find a way but at least try.[/quote]

You sound like such an ass and you're clearly speaking from a place of privilege of having never dealt with a child stuck in the throes of substance abuse. Do you really think if it were that easy that kids wouldn't be stuck in this vicious cycle? Get some perspective and empathy and STFU.

If you listened to the parents of S.O.U.L. (Surviving Our Ultimate Loss) https://www.survivingourultimateloss.org/ you hear story after story from parents who tried to save their kids but were limited by:

1. Existing laws on the books that don't allow them to involuntarily commit their children for treatment
2. Treatment centers that are overloaded or not staffed enough to take in their kids
3. The sneaky and wily behavior of their drug-addicted and rebellious teens who rely on their friends or dealers to run away or hide their ongoing substance abuse
4. A lax school system that turns a blind eye to the drug use going on in their school grounds
5. A sloth-like police force that fails to follow up on leads to stop the dealers who are supplying their child

So many parents do try to get their kids help, but our system is broken. [/quote]

Yes you can commit your kids.  Yes I’ve dealt with it.  Yes our school system is very broken but you are responsible for your own child.  [/quote]

Maryland is not one of the states that allows involuntary commitment: https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/involuntary-rehab-forced

People are lobbying Maryland to change laws around involuntary commitment for precisely this reason: https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-1214-involuntary-treatment-criteria-20211213-zxuknjmrszhxnckkgt5esghwwa-story.html[/quote]

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