My dad smokes weed

[OhReally]

Well for about 6months my dad has been saying he's "Smoke free" after smoking for the past 15 or so years. Lately I've noticed when he goes into the garage (its seperate from the house and has a phone line so he talks on the phone there alot and drinks) and when he goes out there, and I open my bedroom window I can smell the distinct smell of weed. Me, My mum, my brother and Dad can smell it, but he only says so once he's inside and says its the people in the house behind ours. What should I do about it? It kind of angers me because he tells me every few months that I shouldn't do drugs or drink but yet he's always doing it. And it makes me wonder if its so bad to be around us as a family that he has to go get drunk/high to escape? I'm kind of afraid to speak to him about it tbh. What do you think I should do?

 

[miguelfukt]

Quitting weed is not something thats easy especially if you do it everyday for 15 years. its a way to escape reality and relax. it becomes a daily ritual. he might be having a hard time quitting. i hope you stick by him and help him if you can.

 

[KaraBulut]

There's little you can do.

It doesn't matter whether he's smoking tobacco or marijuana or clove cigarettes. It's the smoking that is the issue and it is the smoking that is unhealthy.

You can tell him that you don't want him to smoke but it is up to him to quit.

 

[BearMagus]

Some people don't consider pot a drug. I am in that category. Your dad is an adult and can do as he chooses. And personally, I believe pot to be a better choice than drugs or alcohol.

He might be drinking and smoking not because of his family but due to work or even as a result of childhood trauma. My sister drinks and smokes to cover the pain of being sexually assaulted at 9 years old. She needs a therapist not beer and a bong.

 

[OhReally]

I think I worded it wrong. I meant to say, when he quit smoking, it was because he smoke cigarettes for 15 years, not weed, although he might have done it on an odd occasion.

 

[Gomaki]

There's little you can do.

It doesn't matter whether he's smoking tobacco or marijuana or clove cigarettes. It's the smoking that is the issue and it is the smoking that is unhealthy.

You can tell him that you don't want him to smoke but it is up to him to quit.

I couldn't have put it any better than this. Regardless of your stance on marijuana, contrary to popular belief, it is no healthier than smoking cigarettes. I've heard that a joint can produce up to 20x the tar of a cigarette due to lack of filter, etc.

You should let him know that he's not "smoke free" if he's smoking weed, and that you care about his health.

 

[Fire]

Regardless of your stance on marijuana, contrary to popular belief, it is no healthier than smoking cigarettes. I've heard that a joint can produce up to 20x the tar of a cigarette due to lack of filter, etc.

You should let him know that he's not "smoke free" if he's smoking weed, and that you care about his health.

Except the average pot smoker doesn't smoke anywhere near the same amount of substance as the average tobacco smoker does.

And what about people who vape? Or consume marijuana in food?

 

[Jimmylikesit]

I've heard that a joint can produce up to 20x the tar of a cigarette due to lack of filter, etc.

You should let him know that he's not "smoke free" if he's smoking weed, and that you care about his health.

complete utter propaganda, i don't know where you heard this from. people die from smoking cigarettes and getting lung cancer everyday. but NEVER ONCE has someone died due to smoking weed. i mean they PRESCRIBE marijuana to cancer patients if it was bad for you why would they do this? sorry to bitch but it makes me mad when people are falsely informed about weed. weed is barely a drug, nothing like cigarettes, or alcohol which are infinitley worse for your health.

when was the last time you heard about a "high" driving accident, or people killing their loved ones because they were high.

OP don't worry too much about your father smoking weed, i'd say you should be relieved that that is all he is doing. i smoke weed everyday and i'm in perfect health, and my mother has been smoking weed everyday for 30 YEARS and she's fine. your dad just needs something to take his mind off of whatever stresses him out, he's better off smoking weed. i mean no one ever got lung cancer from weed lol

sorry for the long post lol

 

[Jimmylikesit]

Money.....

they would get more money just prescribing them painkillers or some other pharmacutical.

 

[Gomaki]

I actually have no opinion really. I realize THC doesn't really do a whole lot to your body, and is comparatively better than nicotine which is a carcinogen, and reacts differently in the lungs. But smoking anything isn't good for you. I heard my facts from a prof at my school who is a director at the mental health hospital in my city.

I'm not saying smoking weed is worse than cigarettes, because your right, nicotine is far more addictive, thus smoked more often. I'm just saying smoking anything is hazardous to your health. My point is, while smoking joints is arguably better than cigarette smoking, I don't think anyone can say that it is a "healthy option".

 

[Nomenclature]

I'm not saying smoking weed is worse than cigarettes, because your right, nicotine is far more addictive, thus smoked more often. I'm just saying smoking anything is hazardous to your health. My point is, while smoking joints is arguably better than cigarette smoking, I don't think anyone can say that it is a "healthy option".

Which is, again, why many people choose to vaporize; it produces ZERO tar or carcinogens.



I strongly encourage you to read the website DrugPolicy.org; it has a full list - with references - of "Reliable information about marijuana and its effects based on research and science, not disinformation and propaganda."


http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/



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I'd be willing to guess that pharmaceuticals that can be trademarked and only made inside a high-tech lab generate a lot more profit for drug companies than a weed that anyone can grow in their backyard or spare closet.

Pharmaceutical companies make a synthetic version of THC called Marinol. It's a prescription drug.

 

[Gomaki]

I realize that there are safer ways to use it, it's just I don't think that was the issue the poster is talking about. No need to get all advocate-y. He's talking about smoking joints, which is bad for your lungs and can lead to lung disease. I really don't have moral problems with using or anything, it's everyone's private business. I just think you can't call your self smoke free if you still smoke weed.

 

[LemonSquare]

Sounds like he's trying to be a better example for YOU, but he's having a hard time. Understandable.

 

[thisisinteresting]

Way too many assumptions. I doubt your father smokes weed because he hates the family and has to escape. He probably just... *gasp* likes smoking weed. It doesn't sound like a big deal at all. Doesn't sound like he's getting high instead of babysitting, blowing off responsibilities, or anything like that. So when he has some alone time he goes into the garage by himself and does something that only affects him. It's understandable to be worried about that (it's easy to be misinformed about weed), but what about it worries you?

If it's really just the smoking thing/his lung health perhaps you should tell him that if he can't quit (if for whatever potentially selfish reason you feel that he should) he should get a vaporizer and do it the healthiest way possible. Also, if he smokes weed and cigarettes it's not reasonable to expect him to easily quit both at the same time. If he's kicked cigarettes you should be congratulating him for his progress, not dragging him down because he still smokes pot.

Or is it just about the weed? He's been doing it for 15 years - has he been a terrible father because of it? I'm not sure why this sudden change is needed. If he can keep his responsibilities seperate from this hobby and keep it responsible, and it's been working for 15 years...

 

[Johnny2U]

everybody has said what I would say but the bottom line seems to be to let your adult dad make his own adult decisions about his pot use and you deal with the internet porn (i only say this because alot of BS propaganda has been put out there that would say we are sex addicts or porno addicts by spending as much time as we do here so keep this in mind)

it's just weed? it could be SO MUCH WORSE. he could be addicted to American Idol