As a 13 yo boy smokes a joint and gazes over Phoenix from his parents condo, what hope does he have...?
966655
That's how my drug use started along time ago, all I did was smoke a joint. However that led to using anything I could get my hands on. My therapist gave me an assignment on how much money did I spend using drugs? I figured out if was approx. $120,000 over a 20 year period. I could have had a big house and a awesome car all paid for!!!!!!!!! Think about it. hope u make the right choice. good luck and God Bless You.
725647
You knew what you were getting into when you got into it.  You can't expect him to change and it will eventually make him lazy and brain dead.  The only leg you have to stand on is asking him to respect your wishes by not smoking in your presence, but that is a fat chance because he is doing what he always did now the difference is its in your face because you live there too.
875536
first smokers can use or abuse if they want, \ni agree she is a bit young and school can be affected by it it slows things down and makes it hard to remember even what you are doing or have done i n the last 30 seconds. \nshe should think of her safty guys that are takingadvatage of her have a good chance while high and she should have a buddy with her that can keep a sober eye on her or make a plan to do it where she is safe and can get help easily.  and not make it a priority in her life, it can be recreational useage but its illegal still and she should really think about if its doing more good than harm. don't let her get fuucked up and tell her always stay in control and if she is not tell her she should stop before she can't do something over again. it is done and she has to live with it. \ni would talk to her i talk with my 14 yo cousin about it and how she done it and her experiences and she quit and realized it was not worth keep doing it with all the things she has going in her life. \ni smoke it \nit is not a priority i don't need it i don't get really stoned jsut enought to put a smile on my face and to see life as it is something to enjoy. for me it relaxes me enought so i can see how life is and not just seeing the worries and problems i have, and it is beautiful. iam a happier person but can be happy on my own too. if i don't have it its fine but when i do a $20 bag can last 2-3 weeks. i smoke it hwere i am safe and be around people that don't have a problem with it and things get done that i need to do \nit works like an upper for me but smoking too much can be a bad dragg coming down, so she should think about what it really is to her anad if its what she really wants to do for it to be a part of her life. it is a big choice and needs t osee if it will fit in and not interupt her safety her memory or her control. good luck and enjoy life as you want.
201406
Beth, Starshotdown, and BadKitty1969 seem to have a good idea for a solution to your problem.\nThe behavior that you describe does complement the 'life of a drug addict,' and his desire to near a zone that is deviant are his inclinations to continue this lifestyle.\nThe closer that an addict is closer to illicit drugs the better they will feel, although this is a vague sense of reality.\nIt may be the best thing for you and your children if you did initiate legal proceedings against him.\nIn this manner you will help yourself, family and even the 'junkie' man.  Jose
549920
One of the best guys I know used to be a huge stoner and is still known to light one up from time to time but the the guy is one hell of a father and he would never run out on his kids. Every one is different you could have a normal non-smoking nice guy run out on his kids and kill a hooker. You could have a stoner go nutts and kill everyone. I don't agree with what a lot of you people have said you pass judgment when you don't ever know the people. It's the person not the drugs they do or the wrong they have done in the past. Everyone has a few problems or bad habits so none of you can say that the guy would be bad with his kids because of a bad habit. If he is a good guy then he will be a good dad.
301996
up with hope, down with dope
1180220
It says:\n\n"I'm a stoner and I want to be with a fellow stoner."
427976
You're too young to smoke!!!
499336
they are testing for certain drugs.  it sounds as if your son may have watered it down.  you may not know everything that he is doing.  i know my parents didn't.  best thing is to let it go.  your son may not be telling the whole truth in this situation, open your mind up to that.
772400
I'm not a smoker nor do i like cigarette smoke:\n\nhow close do you live to this person? You make it sound like he/she is walking up to your windows and blowing it in. There is nothing you can do about it. It is still their legal right to smoke in their house or on their property. Unless you are window to window with this person i think you are being a bit ridiculous. That person has every right to live there. I dont think there is a problem to address to your neighbor. You just seem like one of those unbearable neighbors that nothing makes them happy.\n\nSecond hand smoke is just as bad as doing it yourself but once again unless you are window to window or he is blowing it in your windows i think your kids will be just fine. I mean do you expose your kids to other things in life that arent so healthy? Sugar,mcdonalds,tv??????
751502
There is a night club up there at the hotel (Forest Hills) which used to be called 'The View' and presume it still is.\nIt's a nice spot for a view, but not the nicest of clubs.\nGood luck - hope you get him.\nSome local kids just go up there to drink, smoke etc...at the weekends.
1091504
Not nearly enough will happen to him, sadly. I'm sorry for what happened to you, but 4th degree will land him in a juvenile detention facility, hopefully till he's 18, then after that? He'll probably walk, with a clean record. It's up to you to follow the case, and speak at his probation hearing. Good luck.
964375
yeah, i know exactly what you mean. i dont smoke right now due to the  fact that i am on probation and i only got a month to go before i get off( this will be the first time getting off probation since i have been 13, i am 21 now) but anyway i grew up real crazy, breakin into peoples houses, stealin cars, fightin all the time, and that was before i started smoking weed. i first tryed weed when i was 17, by that time i was already on adult probation. at that time i was drinkin alot and gettin arrested almost once a week. after i started smokin i stopped drinkin as much so in turn i stopped going to jail. i started concentrating on things more and started thinking about what i was doin and where i was headin in my life. eventually my probation officer noticed that i really calmed down and was gettin my stuff together and desided to drug test me. when he found out i was smoking weed he got mad and said "man, you was doin so good and you had to go and fuck it up with weed." i explained to him that that is the reason why i was doin better and why i was not drinkin and beatin people up all the time. after having a talk with him then he threw away the drug test papers and told me that i could keep smokin if i stayed out of trouble. since then i had a review and the judge noticed that i havnt had a drug test for awile. i didnt narc out my p.o. and took the blame and again in turn my p.o. stuck up for me and got me off the hook and got my probaition time shortened. since i have started smokin i now have gained a full time job, i am enrolled in columbus state community college studying to become a nurse and after that a doctor, i have found a sence of feeling and love that i never even thought was possible in me, and have accepted christ into my life. i practice beliefs of christafari. weed is the second best things that ever happened to me and jah is the first. if it were not for these two things then i would probly be doin 25 to life right now, and thats no joke. thank you for giving me the chance to testify this and jah bless.
769055
Soon the entire country will be like it is there in Utah. It is already that way here in Jersey. Stay home and drink, smoke up johnny.
434409
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, there is no set distance, so he should be able to smoke right outside the door. Here's the state's description of the law: http://www.idph.state.il.us/tobacco/cleanq&a.htm
1078869
Honey,it's a sign of the times. Don't try to figure it out.I'm a smoker too,but I have three grown son's and none of them smoke.It's my smoke.So I'm careful to keep it out of other peoples air space.
1111807
what the h are you smoking......have a cousin more or less brain dead from this crap...and htere have been multiple studies showing the damage to oens lungs is far greater with Mj then tabacoo...but you keep it up...we need to thin out the gene pool anyway