The Pot’s A Problem But I Fear Pushing Him Back to Heroin
Ivy2015 has successfully used the CRAFT principles taught on this site to help her son into inpatient treatment for heroin addiction. He is now 9 mont…
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We Thought Things Were Better—Then We Found Paraphernalia
Your son has come a long way since you last wrote us. He reduced/stopped the nicotine, the gaming, and the pot. You don’t mention his drinking b…
He’s Out of Treatment for Heroin, and Smoking Pot at Home
If you suspect he is high at home, remove rewards. Things are clearly not normal. Don’t accuse him, or bring up the fact that he looks hig…
Could Pot Help with Addiction?
I worry that we are becoming a society in which harm reduction is the goal. With MAT and now marijuana on the scene, are we putting a whole generation…
How Can I Reward Him – He’s Always High on Pot!
Your son appears to always be high. Without confronting him, and asking or accusing him of being high, your best guess is that he is always high and t…
He’s Been Smoking Pot Half His Young Life
Experts describe the pot of today as a completely different drug as it used to be, with THC levels often reaching 80-90%, as oppoosed to the 10-15% mo…
He’s Serious About School but Doesn’t Want to Stop Smoking Pot
It can be hard to grasp that marijuana, as a drug of abuse, has serious consequences, as your comment suggests. For your son it threatens his family r…
You Are a Reward
You might be grumbling. You might be accusing, guilting or complaining. Or trying desperately to prevent them from going out. You might be broodi…
He’s Almost 18 … I Can’t Force Him to Get Help
The situation with your son is upsetting and complex. It is paralyzing to parent a teen who runs away or threatens to hurt himself, either willfully o…