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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 693148" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I hate pot. I dont like alcohol either. I know people who died due to alcohol. I believe daily pot use kills motivation and brain cells. And I don't allow smoking of anything in my house. Incldes cigarettes, which kill more than both and second hand smoke affects even non smokers.</p><p></p><p>But if I had a kid who couldnt make it on the streets and was mentally ill, I dont know that I could make him leave for having used pot, as long as I dont smell it at my house...or find it. At one time I would have said out. I dont know that I'd even want to know what my grown kid legally did while not at my house anymore. I would have to ask myself questions.</p><p></p><p>Will homelessness help him and can I live with him being homeless?</p><p></p><p>Can I handle his continuing to get high while I give shelter? I matter too!</p><p></p><p>Is he messing uo in other ways? Hard to live with? Taking steps to help himself so he can leave with or without supports one day?</p><p></p><p>It gets muddled too in my opinion when a doctor gives a prescription for pot, which I think should not be used for mental illness. There are better medications that dont make one high but still help symptoms of depression and anxiety. But they WANT that high and it will hold them back. So can I deal with that or am I going to not allow them here at all because nobody is high on pot in my house, no matter where they smoked it.</p><p></p><p>Nothing in my opinion is right or wrong. I'm starting to believe that WE matter so much that it us what WE can live with that matters first. We can't change them, but we can deal with them in a way that makes us comfortable. And in my opinion nobody should judge us for doing what helps us feel good when we look in the mirror.</p><p></p><p>Pot is not benign. And many people who take it are worse on it. I tried it and it made me spaced to the nines and paranoid. Oh, and the munchies. I ate five hot dogs. Ick. At least they were the good Chicago style ones. Seriously, many of our pot loving kids refuse other forms of medication for mental illness becsuse "pot is natural." Um, what they really mean is I like not feeling anything on pot. Trust me, I dont feel it is a good thing and the worst side effects won't come out until it has been legal for a while. Like with cigarettes. Nobody realized how they can hurt us when they first became legal.</p><p></p><p>In the end, all of us do what we feel us best for our situation. I dont like legal pot. But its heading that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 693148, member: 1550"] I hate pot. I dont like alcohol either. I know people who died due to alcohol. I believe daily pot use kills motivation and brain cells. And I don't allow smoking of anything in my house. Incldes cigarettes, which kill more than both and second hand smoke affects even non smokers. But if I had a kid who couldnt make it on the streets and was mentally ill, I dont know that I could make him leave for having used pot, as long as I dont smell it at my house...or find it. At one time I would have said out. I dont know that I'd even want to know what my grown kid legally did while not at my house anymore. I would have to ask myself questions. Will homelessness help him and can I live with him being homeless? Can I handle his continuing to get high while I give shelter? I matter too! Is he messing uo in other ways? Hard to live with? Taking steps to help himself so he can leave with or without supports one day? It gets muddled too in my opinion when a doctor gives a prescription for pot, which I think should not be used for mental illness. There are better medications that dont make one high but still help symptoms of depression and anxiety. But they WANT that high and it will hold them back. So can I deal with that or am I going to not allow them here at all because nobody is high on pot in my house, no matter where they smoked it. Nothing in my opinion is right or wrong. I'm starting to believe that WE matter so much that it us what WE can live with that matters first. We can't change them, but we can deal with them in a way that makes us comfortable. And in my opinion nobody should judge us for doing what helps us feel good when we look in the mirror. Pot is not benign. And many people who take it are worse on it. I tried it and it made me spaced to the nines and paranoid. Oh, and the munchies. I ate five hot dogs. Ick. At least they were the good Chicago style ones. Seriously, many of our pot loving kids refuse other forms of medication for mental illness becsuse "pot is natural." Um, what they really mean is I like not feeling anything on pot. Trust me, I dont feel it is a good thing and the worst side effects won't come out until it has been legal for a while. Like with cigarettes. Nobody realized how they can hurt us when they first became legal. In the end, all of us do what we feel us best for our situation. I dont like legal pot. But its heading that way. [/QUOTE]
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