my son is smoking pot?

Question

I just found out my 15 yr old is smoking pot he claims he tried it once and didn't like it, however he just sunday gave my neice some. I don't know weather to beleive him or not. I've tried to talk to him but he just rolls his eyes and won't speak to me. Help!!1

Answer 1

time for the drug lecture

Answer 2

Look in his room. You may not want to be snooping, but it's for his safety. Find out exactly pot is in there, so you can tell whether he's just experimenting or addicted. If there is a ton of pot in there and other drugs, he's an addict, and you need to seek help. Send him to live with his grandparents or an uncle or aunt, or if it seems really bad, send him to a rehab center. But dont let him stay in his current environment, cause if you are an addict, you will do anything to get more drugs.

Answer 3

You need to punish him severely. Ground him. Do NOT let him out of the house. Pick him up from school every day right after school. If his high school has an open campus, watch him for his INTIRE lunch period, hang out with him and embarrass the hell out of him. Do not allow him any time to himself. Go to all of your classes with him if you have time.

I say this because I am 15 and am well aware of the drug problem. If you do not do this he will find a way to get pot. You may even want to home school him so he is completely cut off from the outside world. Trust me, I know what people our age do, It will be for his benefit if you do this.

Good Luck.

Answer 4

Lot of kinds our age smoke pot.
I'm 15 also, but I can proudly say that I've never tried it
or have felt pressured into it.
In High School, everybody knows at least one person who does drugs.
Fortunatley, I have three suggestions for you that might just work.

1) While he's in school, look through his room in all his things- wherever a bag of illegal drugs can fit, thats where you need to look. Look in his backpack
ANYWHERE

AND/OR

2) Notify the school. There are guidance counsolers to help him, therapists. He might get suspension, but it's definatly worth it if he can learn from his mistakes.

AND/OR

3) Have an intervention. Get together the rest of your family and/or neighbors that might be able to convince him with stories and examples.

If any kid is taking drugs, dring alcohol or attempting suicide it's for a reason. depression, pressure or the infamous "cause everyone else is doing it"
he needs your help. Yelling and lecturing isn't going to solve anything. you need to take action.

Good luck and God bless both you and your son.
[♥]

Answer 5

Ground him and if he tries to leave the house call the police

Trust me if it becomes a habit he'll end up a poor nasty person liven in the ghetto. All this money won't be for the bill it will be to support his drug habit.

My boyfriend smokes weed and dpends $140 a week on the crap

Answer 6

if you totally isolate him from the outside world, he will be a damn head case and I'm guessing that enforcing most of the answers people gave you, he will just rebel and leave. a lot of teenagers go through a stage where they use pot and i think the best thing for him to do is hide it from you, because sometimes ignorance is bliss, and i really doubt you would want to do that so just talk to him and he wont do it, or at least you will think that...

Answer 7

Better pay closer attention to him. He could be doing more than smoking pot. Put your foot down. Do what ever you have to do to keep yourself between drugs and your son. You need to take away things that are important to him. What ever you need to do. And you might want to let your niece's parents know what she is doing to. Be a parent not friend. Good luck.

Answer 8

Keep his butt in the house. If I found out my son was smoking pot I just wouldn't let him go out. I'd drive him to school, constantly be in touch with his school [ensuring that he doesn't skip his classes], pick him up from school, and then stay at the house with him all night long. Give him chores--you need to make sure he stays busy. Take all that great "family" time to talk to him about the dangers of marijuana. Explain to him why you care and that if you didn't care about or love him he wouldn't be in any trouble. You need to be in control and keep this up until he shows that you can trust him. When he starts showing signs of responsibility and trust give him drug tests every month.

Every time he breaks that trust the punishment will get worse. I also know that this will be an inconvenience to you BUT parenting isn't about convenience. You need to be there for him so he doesn't think you're a push over. No matter how much he claims to hate you--know that you are doing what's best for him!

Answer 9

You should take your son to counseling. I know that it sounds bad now, but it would be good. He obviously uses it if he gave some to your niece. If you don't want to take him to counseling, just threaten him with it (counseling would be good though). Don't tell him if you smoked pot, but if he asks don't lie. He just needs someone to talk to, and if you aren't that person, a counselor would be. I wish you the best.

Keifer

Answer 10

I think 15 is too young to be trying pot, but what can you do when he won't talk to you? Just enforce the dangers of other drugs, just because pot is ok, doesn't mean meth or crack or those hard drugs are safe to experiment with... tell him you love him (sure, he'll roll his eyes) and don't want to see him get into scary drugs that could ruin his life.
It's a tough issue, because he's reached the age where he thinks you are a know-nothing fuddy-duddy who doesn't understand his life, and sometimes all you can do is hope. (and inundate him with pictures and videos of people on hard drugs, make him see how scary they are) Good luck!

Answer 11

It's time for some tough love. Search his room. Tell him that if he gives pot to someone else, he is a supplier and you will call the police. Ground him and watch him closely. Sometimes the police will take teens on a "tour" of prison to show them where they are headed. See if you can arrange it.
I would also consider military school.