Anonymous
02/17/2026 09:44
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Wrong forum.
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OP specified private.
I have teens in both public and private and I have experience with this so I "qualify" to respond. This is a serious topic. The PP said it was in public and private. I appreciate their post. I also see the same. I think it's on the rise. The private kids are buying from the same dealers as the public kids. Recently I toured a DC private that featured posters about vaping help. But I think many heads of school are looking the other way. THC vaping is normalized in social media as a healthy alternative to alcohol. Vapes fit in pockets and can be used constantly throughout the day. I think parents need to be talking a lot more about this with their kids than they are. For a teen who was found buying or using these, I would be confiscating paraphernalia and cutting off money.
Don’t blame the heads of school. None of them think this is good for kids, education, society, and none of them wanted it in their school. But you should blame the parents (ourselves) for giving our kids cell phones way too early, because that’s how they find their drugs, among other things, and social media has been terrible for the anxiety and depression of these kids. Blame society for the normalization and legalization of weed. Blame the chemists that have turned marijuana into a seriously harmful psychedelic. Blame the tobacco companies that pivoted to flavored vapes that are virtually undetectable (as opposed to the smell of cigarettes and joints) and all the companies that came after them whether it’s with nicotine or THC. And yes, blame the parents who have done it around their kids and keep it in the house and told their kids it’s OK if they do it.
No, the schools have some responsibility here.
What do you think that for $60k a year you’re paying for them to raise your kid and keep them off drugs, even though your kid is only at school a third of the day, five days a week, 30 weeks out of the year? That’s your job. And you can work at it as hard as you possibly can and you still might fail. Any kid caught with nicotine and THC at the school my kid goes to in Northwest DC has been suspended or expelled. That’s all the head of school can do.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 09:36
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Wrong forum.
?
OP specified private.
I have teens in both public and private and I have experience with this so I "qualify" to respond. This is a serious topic. The PP said it was in public and private. I appreciate their post. I also see the same. I think it's on the rise. The private kids are buying from the same dealers as the public kids. Recently I toured a DC private that featured posters about vaping help. But I think many heads of school are looking the other way. THC vaping is normalized in social media as a healthy alternative to alcohol. Vapes fit in pockets and can be used constantly throughout the day. I think parents need to be talking a lot more about this with their kids than they are. For a teen who was found buying or using these, I would be confiscating paraphernalia and cutting off money.
Don’t blame the heads of school. None of them think this is good for kids, education, society, and none of them wanted it in their school. But you should blame the parents (ourselves) for giving our kids cell phones way too early, because that’s how they find their drugs, among other things, and social media has been terrible for the anxiety and depression of these kids. Blame society for the normalization and legalization of weed. Blame the chemists that have turned marijuana into a seriously harmful psychedelic. Blame the tobacco companies that pivoted to flavored vapes that are virtually undetectable (as opposed to the smell of cigarettes and joints) and all the companies that came after them whether it’s with nicotine or THC. And yes, blame the parents who have done it around their kids and keep it in the house and told their kids it’s OK if they do it.
No, the schools have some responsibility here.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 09:32
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Wrong forum.
?
OP specified private.
I have teens in both public and private and I have experience with this so I "qualify" to respond. This is a serious topic. The PP said it was in public and private. I appreciate their post. I also see the same. I think it's on the rise. The private kids are buying from the same dealers as the public kids. Recently I toured a DC private that featured posters about vaping help. But I think many heads of school are looking the other way. THC vaping is normalized in social media as a healthy alternative to alcohol. Vapes fit in pockets and can be used constantly throughout the day. I think parents need to be talking a lot more about this with their kids than they are. For a teen who was found buying or using these, I would be confiscating paraphernalia and cutting off money.
Don’t blame the heads of school. None of them think this is good for kids, education, society, and none of them wanted it in their school. But you should blame the parents (ourselves) for giving our kids cell phones way too early, because that’s how they find their drugs, among other things, and social media has been terrible for the anxiety and depression of these kids. Blame society for the normalization and legalization of weed. Blame the chemists that have turned marijuana into a seriously harmful psychedelic. Blame the tobacco companies that pivoted to flavored vapes that are virtually undetectable (as opposed to the smell of cigarettes and joints) and all the companies that came after them whether it’s with nicotine or THC. And yes, blame the parents who have done it around their kids and keep it in the house and told their kids it’s OK if they do it.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 09:16
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
I thought going to a smaller private would be more helpful in this regard but we're finding it to be the opposite.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 09:14
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Wrong forum.
?
OP specified private.
I have teens in both public and private and I have experience with this so I "qualify" to respond. This is a serious topic. The PP said it was in public and private. I appreciate their post. I also see the same. I think it's on the rise. The private kids are buying from the same dealers as the public kids. Recently I toured a DC private that featured posters about vaping help. But I think many heads of school are looking the other way. THC vaping is normalized in social media as a healthy alternative to alcohol. Vapes fit in pockets and can be used constantly throughout the day. I think parents need to be talking a lot more about this with their kids than they are. For a teen who was found buying or using these, I would be confiscating paraphernalia and cutting off money.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 08:51
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:You might want to familiarize yourself:
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/pdfs/ecigarette-or-vaping-products-visual-dictionary-508.pdf
+1
More info here: https://marijuana-anonymous.org/literature/pamphlets/
Anonymous
02/17/2026 08:07
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Wrong forum.
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OP specified private.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 07:43
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
It is a big deal to a developing adolescent brain. Many kids use it for anxiety and depression. Regardless of how prevalent it is, it is bad for your kid. There is plenty of research about this.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 06:43
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
It’s everywhere. Dont even think that because you send your kid to private schools he would be protected from drugs. A couple of years ago a kid was caught in maret possessing marihuana at school.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 05:39
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Wrong forum.
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Anonymous
02/17/2026 05:36
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Wrong forum.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 05:31
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
It's everywhere. Public and private. At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning. If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 05:24
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Why does it matter how common it is?
Anonymous
02/17/2026 00:24
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Anonymous wrote:OP. Yes and Im trying to get a sense for how common or uncommon this is.
My 15 yr old at Gds is not drinking or vaping. We have had lots of preemptive talks about health risks and how to say no if offered.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 00:16
Subject: How common is vaping marijuana at local private HSs?
Really common at my kids school. The seniors all have access and i hear a lot about gummies and vaping and pre rolls. I’m not sure how i feel about marijuana versus alcohol…