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Topic: My Son
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Mon 01/04/10 01:36 PM
http://www.standardspeaker.com/news/plymouth-man-charged-in-sunday-shooting-death-1.455288

^I know this young man personally, and this is what weed laced with imbalming fluid (wet) created......

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Wed 01/06/10 03:11 PM
Edited by JackNapier2 on Wed 01/06/10 03:18 PM


Tells me he is selling drugs to make extra money? How should I handle this?

My honest opinion : report him to the police in an anonymous way and very soon .

Wrong.

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Wed 01/06/10 03:18 PM

I don't see how turning him to the police will help, they will just lock him up, right?

Oh my gosh, don't do that.
The way people react to any mention of drugs on this site is ridiculous and almost comical (i suspect trolls). If you report him, it will just be a massive hassle for no reason at all. A lot of kids go through this drug selling phase and just sort of phase out of it eventually. Your kid sounds like he is smart enough if he just sticks to pot to not get himself into a lot of trouble dealing for however long he chooses to do so. Believe me, he's not going to become a massive drug dealer and he probably just provides for his friends and his friend's friends. My advice, advise him not to sell drugs as any parent should and then just wait it out. Marijuana is only a gateway drug if your stupid enough to let it be.

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Tue 01/26/10 09:36 PM
bottom line is its illegal. tell him to get a second job. there are alternatives. maybe drug couseling? like AA. thats a hard one. and yes the cops will arrest him. But he needs to find a way out of that life style or he'll end up in jail eventually. Im sorry you have to go through this. Im am in a similar situation, although my son isnt selling yet, that I know of, I know its coming soon. hes also done something even more disturbing but I dont want to get into that here.

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Tue 01/26/10 09:38 PM
bottom line is its illegal. tell him to get a second job. there are alternatives. maybe drug couseling? like AA. thats a hard one. and yes the cops will arrest him. But he needs to find a way out of that life style or he'll end up in jail eventually. Im sorry you have to go through this. Im am in a similar situation, although my son isnt selling yet, that I know of, I know its coming soon. hes also done something even more disturbing but I dont want to get into that here.

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Tue 01/26/10 09:48 PM


I don't see how turning him to the police will help, they will just lock him up, right?

Oh my gosh, don't do that.
The way people react to any mention of drugs on this site is ridiculous and almost comical (i suspect trolls). If you report him, it will just be a massive hassle for no reason at all. A lot of kids go through this drug selling phase and just sort of phase out of it eventually. Your kid sounds like he is smart enough if he just sticks to pot to not get himself into a lot of trouble dealing for however long he chooses to do so. Believe me, he's not going to become a massive drug dealer and he probably just provides for his friends and his friend's friends. My advice, advise him not to sell drugs as any parent should and then just wait it out. Marijuana is only a gateway drug if your stupid enough to let it be.


Everyones experience is different. I agree with you however. People know their kids, If your kid is a pothead(pot ABUSER) than a program to get them clean would be a good idea(no a prison record though). If your kid is a casual user, but selling, and there is a close bond (which the poster SEEMS to have), I would try the approach of really talking and expressing your objections, along with some examples of people who have had their selling end badly and an ultimatum that he stop selling(give him the CHANCE to improve before throwing him to the wolves) or THEN you will turn him in.

I would by no means turn to the 'just us' system as a FIRST CHOICE though. I would try other options first and use it as a last resort.

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Tue 01/26/10 09:55 PM


..i wouldn't turn him in,..in the end it will only make things harder on him,but i would tell him if he were to get caught it will cost him everything he's worked for,not to mention the fines he will pay will probably be more than the profit he has gained..other than that it's about all i would do ..but i would make sure his dad was aware of it if he isn't..if you were to turn him in he would probably continue selling it in order to pay his fines and court cost..about all you can do is talk to him and try to make him realize that the profit he is making is not worth the cost he may wind up paying...jmo...smokin

but what you could do ..is get a couple of friends rent some cop uniforms ..and scare the crap out of him with a fake bust..if you do it right it may work..bigsmile

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