My sweet boy used to cover me up when I felt sick or couldn’t wait to make me surprise meals for Mother’s Day or birthday. His friends encouraged him to start smoking pot when he was 14. As a single mom I was away from home a lot working. His brothers went off to college. They are 10 years older. I think this impacted him. Suddenly, we went from a family of four to a family of two at a critical time. He suffered from low self esteem and was anxious. He smoked so heavily in the last couple of years that he literally had a bong between his legs in his truck while driving. It changed his personality so dramatically.. He went from being a sweet kid to this really angry young man. He became hateful towards me. So destructive to my property and raged against me about everything. The police said they had only seen this kind of anger toward a mother one other time it ended badly. They encourage me to get a protective order and removed him from my home. He has been homeless for a long time now. Even my neighbors were afraid of him. I’m working in a 12 step program through Celebrate Recovery to get strong enough to reach out to him. I send care packages through his father and brothers. Their relation relationship to is broken, but not as badly as mine. I have been advised to not reach out to him until his brothers and father feel that it is safe for me to do so. Even then, I will need to have someone with me to ensure my safety. His father and I even though divorced were adamant about staying away from drugs. We followed through on consequences whenever we found out what he was doing. Our older boys are very well, balanced, and have great jobs and wonderful relationships with their spouses. Every day I pray to God to protect my youngest and influence him in some way to stop smoking and damaging his body and his mind.
Saving Our Youth from the Harms of THC
Kathy (my dear friend).
I know you as a great person and excellent mother. I can honestly say this because our boys were friends and we spent countless hours together. Pease know you had absolutely nothing to do with T’s situation. He chose this path for himself. I’m also aware of everything you did and attempted to do for him.
Unfortunately, our world is run by drug dealers (cartel & medical professionals). Being a nurse this is not going to be a popular comment, event hough, it is truth.
Marijuana these days are now laced with other chemicals. Vapping intensifies the results. Add the fact that when you vape, it has bacterial build up which can cause respiratory infection. This too, could cause brain injury. Look up mold infection on the brain.
* A tip for those going through surgery or pain. Make sure to have your doctor’s write you a script for 2 different Rx. Alternate them to keep from developing and addiction.