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Originally Posted by Snapper33
When we were young we didn't know/care; but we know know, where drug money goes...
Explain to him... And then ask him what kind of citizen he wants to be...
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He's 16. He can't see life beyond the end of his nose.
I'd suggest taking a harder stance. What he does as an adult when he's paying his own way is his business. What he does (morally right or wrong) in your house is your own. Your views on MJ aside, the chances for problems with both the authorities and less scrupulous people that associate themselves with the drug-subculture are quite high and have the potential for fracturing a promising young man.
I know it was okay for you, it was okay for many. but you also must have known people it caused huge issues for. For every adult I know that used and never had an issue, I know another who let it ultimately define their lives and are now suffering either legally, financially, or emotionally from it.
I'm not judging choices here, just suggesting that 16 is awfully young to be making adult choices like this. You are the adult and need to actively assist in making those adult choices untill such time as he can make them consistently on his own.
Again, don't take this as judgement, just my two cents as I've thought about how to handle this conversation with my own kids (younger) so I haven't actually been IN your situation yet.