Anonymous wrote:Don't confuse the marijuana of today with the stuff from the dorms decades.

This stuff is 5X the potency. It's almost an entirely different drug.

This.

Anonymous wrote:Marijuana?!?! Clutch the pearls!

This is the problem. Some parents don't think it is a big deal.

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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.

yeah they not waiting at GDS. kids frined from GDS in 9 doing it and drinking.

Don't confuse the marijuana of today with the stuff from the dorms decades.

This stuff is 5X the potency. It's almost an entirely different drug.

OP, I mean this kindly, but you need to find out what your kid is vaping. Its not a once size fits all. If your kid is "vaping weed", this is not the same as when kids would smoke a join when we were in high school. A vap or e-pen uses cartridges filled with substances, like THC oil. This is MUCH more potent than a joint... in most cases.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5246302/vape-marijuana-weed-pesticides-chemicals

"Teens are vulnerable and at risk
Contamination is not the only danger vaping weed poses, says Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza, a psychiatry professor at Yale who's researched the effects of THC on mice for three decades. He says the potency of THC in the average vape pen is also a major problem.

"The story about concentrates is that the amount of THC that's present in these concentrates is far in excess of what average weed contains," D'Souza says. Whereas the average cannabis flower contains about 17% or 18% THC, the concentration in vapes can reach 95% or higher. And that, D'Souza says, has other implications for public health, especially among teenagers and young adults, who are at greater risk of both addiction and marijuana-induced psychosis.

Delta-8, an unregulated form of THC, is popular among high school students
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Delta-8, an unregulated form of THC, is popular among high school students
"The young brain is much more vulnerable to addiction; concentrates are more likely to get people addicted to it," he says. And as marijuana goes more mainstream, he says, that's a message that's often drowned out."

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I'm actually not sure where or when; definitely with friends out and about, and at home...hopefully not at school itself. I get such mixed messages when I read about vaping- some say it is fine and not addictive and others that it is the devil itself. It is so common, it's hard to know how to crack down. But I realize this thread might be better off in the teens forum, when I ask about consequences. Mostly, I posted here to get a sense of the culture at GDS regarding drugs. I was trying to get a comparative look on this thread.

Vaping is not addictive? It depends on what is IN the vape! You absolutely do NOT want your teen with a developing brain vaping THC!

DP. Doesn’t help that there’s a vape shop across the street from GDS.

OP here. I'm actually not sure where or when; definitely with friends out and about, and at home...hopefully not at school itself. I get such mixed messages when I read about vaping- some say it is fine and not addictive and others that it is the devil itself. It is so common, it's hard to know how to crack down. But I realize this thread might be better off in the teens forum, when I ask about consequences. Mostly, I posted here to get a sense of the culture at GDS regarding drugs. I was trying to get a comparative look on this thread.

OP, are you saying that your kid goes to GDS and vapes weed at school? Or just that he goes there and he also smokes weed?

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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.

When I’m paying 60,000 a year, I expect more supervision on overnight field trips so drugs are not being used in the room My child is staying in.

Do you propose a bag search? Search dogs? No doubt about it, there’s always a troublemaker bringing something on the overnight field trips, even after signing the code of conduct. Maybe it’s your kid? Did you search your kid’s stuff before they went to that overnight field trip?

I have a child in private and one in public. When my child’s public school band went on a four day trip, they sure did search bags. If a public school can do this with 100 kids on a trip why can’t a private?

Very rampant.

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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.

This is PP you were responding to. Your blame list is on point. That said, heads of school can use their platform to raise awareness and to set parent and student expectations. Just as they would for academic integrity, good sportsmanship, etc.

They can use their platform to some degree and I believe they do at least at my kids’ school they do. Parent Coffee’s. Speakers. Etc.

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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.

When I’m paying 60,000 a year, I expect more supervision on overnight field trips so drugs are not being used in the room My child is staying in.

Do you propose a bag search? Search dogs? No doubt about it, there’s always a troublemaker bringing something on the overnight field trips, even after signing the code of conduct. Maybe it’s your kid? Did you search your kid’s stuff before they went to that overnight field trip?

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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.

When I’m paying 60,000 a year, I expect more supervision on overnight field trips so drugs are not being used in the room My child is staying in.

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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.

This is PP you were responding to. Your blame list is on point. That said, heads of school can use their platform to raise awareness and to set parent and student expectations. Just as they would for academic integrity, good sportsmanship, etc.