Do you rat out your 16 year old nephew if you think he's toking?

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my personal opinion is that smoking pot is a terrible thing for a 16 year old to be doing (he already does badly in school).

Should I tell my sister? and if so how.

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i didn't read all the responses, but i do have a couple thoughts- apologies if they're redundant:

A: It's none of yer damn business.
B: it IS bad for a 16 year old to be getting high- on anything. 18, whatever, but 16... i wish i hadn't done so many drugs at that age.
C: What are you a rat!? no telling his mom. NARC! NARC! (also, that'd be a great way to sour your relationship with the kid forever. don't burn bridges)

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D: Talk to him. If you care about this kid, then man-up and deal with yourself. have a heart-to-heart, tell some stories, give him some information, make sure he's not being unsafe, etc...

that's your play. any other route is WEAK SAUCE.

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bad advice. he needs to tell his sister. pot is not just "bad for" a 16 year old boy or girl...it is exteremely risky and could very well end up being deadly. i don't know how old you are, but mary jane is a LOT different than it was when i was 16 (17 years ago).

and who cares if the 16 year old boy likes his uncle, anyway? what a ridiculous argument against trying to help him.

for the record, my own nephew's life(17 now) is an absolute wreck because of it. he did get to come home for thanksgiving from the treatment center the judge sentenced him to, but decided to run when it was time to go back on friday. i found out where he was Saturday morning, and flagged down a policeman i know that i saw on my way to detain him myself, then watched them handcuff him and take him into custody.

i don't care if he hates me right now because i know he loves me.

tripdad

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it is exteremely risky and could very well end up being deadly. i don't know how old you are, but mary jane is a LOT different than it was when i was 16 (17 years ago).

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Are you serious? The ignorance in this post is astounding.

[IndieMatty]

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it is exteremely risky and could very well end up being deadly. i don't know how old you are, but mary jane is a LOT different than it was when i was 16 (17 years ago).

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Are you serious? The ignorance in this post is astounding.

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Yeah, like wow. My god. Deadly?

To the OP; probably let her know. Kid's dumb enough to have it up on the internet for everyone to see, he needs some guidance (maybe just you?). And this is coming from someone who is just like fluxrad. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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it is exteremely risky and could very well end up being deadly. i don't know how old you are, but mary jane is a LOT different than it was when i was 16 (17 years ago).

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Are you serious? The ignorance in this post is astounding.

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Well, it can only lead to this

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it is exteremely risky and could very well end up being deadly. i don't know how old you are, but mary jane is a LOT different than it was when i was 16 (17 years ago).

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Are you serious? The ignorance in this post is astounding.

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Well, it can only lead to this

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Holy Crap Craig, you were on fire in that thread. I think I need to come to OOT and read your posts more.

Maybe it's just coming from my perspective, but I don't know how anyone could have taken you seriously. It's funny that a few did and/or were confused.

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it is exteremely risky and could very well end up being deadly. i don't know how old you are, but mary jane is a LOT different than it was when i was 16 (17 years ago).

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Are you serious? The ignorance in this post is astounding.

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Well, it can only lead to this

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Holy Crap Craig, you were on fire in that thread. I think I need to come to OOT and read your posts more.

Maybe it's just coming from my perspective, but I don't know how anyone could have taken you seriously. It's funny that a few did and/or were confused.

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Yeah, I really needed to quit posting on here now. I should go out with a bang.

I of course regret doing it now, because if the original poster in this thread tells on me to my boss what I know of cocaine, I might get fired from my job. I can only plead with him not to let Morgant or RT1 know. Actually, if he tells on me, I might lose my mod status in the sportsbetting forum or Affiliates/Rakeback forum.

So, the lesson learned here: Don't do drugs, not because they are necessarily bad for you, but because some guy might tell on you and you could lose everything.

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I'm pretty sure that not sharing your coke with Morgs and rt is grounds for insta firing.

[censored]- I hate my job, I think I'll rat you out, 'cause they'll totally hire me.

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I'm pretty sure that not sharing your coke with Morgs and rt is grounds for insta firing.

[censored]- I hate my job, I think I'll rat you out, 'cause they'll totally hire me.

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Do you really think they are going to hire a heroin addict? At least I can work for days on end non-stop. In fact, I can type and do the drug at the same time. And since Morg is a stickler for efficiency he might not even mind. But, you would have to stop, twist the band around your arm, boil the stuff on the spoon, inject, etc...so, who is going to be the better employee? You won't get my job, so don't even think about it. Of course, now I am nervous that you will rat me out. Oh man...too much powder today.

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it is exteremely risky and could very well end up being deadly. i don't know how old you are, but mary jane is a LOT different than it was when i was 16 (17 years ago).

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Based on all the anti-marijuana propaganda I have read for the last 30 years, I can state unequivicolly that the marijuana on the streets now is 10,000 times as strong as it was in 1970. Also, it will make you oversexed, impotent, cause males to grow breasts (where are all the males with breasts? With all the folks that have been smoking pot all these years, we should see a few, don't you think?), make you agitated and violent, as well as passive and unmotivated.

Seriously, the idea that stronger pot is more dangerous is silly. It is simply impossible to ingest anything close to a lethal dose. Beyond a certain dosage, marijuana ceases to be pleasurable, and will give you a splitting headache. So, stronger pot means you smoke less, probably doing less damage to your lungs. Lung damage and lung cancer are probably the worst health consequences of smoking pot.

That said, I don't think it's all that good for a 16 year old to be smoking pot. However, it really depends on how much/ how often he is smoking and whether it is adversely affecting his school perfromance and attendance.

I cant believe more people dont know about vaporizers, but c'est la vie...

anyways, along the lines of the propaganda, did you know that anti-marijuana sentiment was started in the last century by a power-hungry government official with the Treasury?

It's ridiculous what people will believe, they first started out by saying that weed will make you kill people.

Weed is more potent than it used to be from the standpoint that there has been a monumental increase in the hobby/science of culturing particular strands for their highs.

However, as an above poster stated, when I take a hit off of a good strain, one hit, about a tenth or fifteenth of a gram is enough for 1-4 hours, depending on the strain.