I already tried that last year when I gave him my paw paw's 65 GMC. He loves the truck, but it made no difference in the situation.

Talk to your son and explain the reasons why pot is bad. But don't let it drive a wedge between you and him. Most kids try pot, be glad that it's not a worse drug.

Mine went stupid at fifteen. Got busted at school for pot, expelled a semester, really bad behavior stuff, ran away for three days, ect. I took him to the local sheriff dept, had him photographed and finger printed, then set up a visit at Limestone Correctional Facility. Left him there all day, they did a great job. Then I set up drug/alcohol counseling with a professional . It was a very difficult time but we all got through it. He's doing great now. Wish you the best with it. As with many here, I know how difficult it can be.

Please please DO NOT get the police involved at least just yet.
If he ever works in a job that needs a high security clearance etc that little visit to the jail might be troublesome.
Start small and work out from there would be what I say.

It to me sounds like you've got an overall decent/good kid going through some fairly normal for the time period growing pains.

Have you tried beating his ass? I don't do drugs or drink very much not because I am afraid of the law or whatever. I am afraid my mom and dad are going to come in and beat my ass like they did when I got caught drinking when I was younger. That ass whooping has stayed with me my whole life and I'll be knocking in 30 in a couple years.

I like the military thing somebody has to be in charge and at this point he has shown he is not responsible .
Don't know how their military school works but I would leave him there as long as it takes .

How's your son doing? I got to thinking about this post that I had seen a while back and searched and searched for it and finally found it. I was just overlooking it. But did y'all come up with a solution? Is he still doing pot? Update us

^^^This.

Whatever you do, don't give up on him. He probably won't admit it to you, but he will notice that you're not giving up on him. Giving it over to God IS the answer, but you've also got to still do your part and allow God to work through you. Obviously it won't be easy, but what good things in life that's worth fighting for are easy?

I think we have a winner. We had grounded him before but still let him drive to work. This time he has not driven anywhere since the night we found this. For the first few days he didn't think we would stick to it. After a week of being embarrassed when mom pulls up in the mini van he knew we were serious. After those first few days, we started seeing improvement in attitude and other areas.

I really do believe that this was a first time try with the pot, so I told him when we saw improvement, we would step it down. So Friday, I let him drive to work. He texted to tell us he stopped at the dollar store for a bottle of oil for the truck. He texted to tell us when he got to work and when he got off and went to his dad's. This was the kicker: he got there and his dad was drunk as a bicycle. He started lecturing him about the pot. He asked his dad how is it any different to be drunk or to be high. His dad didn't want to talk about that. So he texted us and said he was coming home.

He still has a long way to go, and as he does better and earns it, we will ease other restrictions. But he obviously has been doing a lot of thinking and that's what I wanted. I think the biggest thing is that we have been on our knees begging God to get a hold of his heart by whatever means necessary. If he gets his heart right, the rest will follow.

Thanks to all who offered advice and prayers. I really appreciate it.

That good!

Good to read.

God Bless,
David B.