How Do I Get My Son Off Drugs?

Now, I know for a fact that I can be over protective of my 10 month old son.. But this is where I put my foot down..

My brother in law has just turned 18 and has gotten into smoking, doing drugs, and drinking whenever he gets the chance. Now, this boy loves his 10 month old nephew, with all his heart, and will never pass up a chance to see him, but he also wants to babysit.. My partner thinks this would be okay, but I put my foot down and said that he is not allowed to until he is clean from the drugs, and he has to be sober that day.. My entire in-law family thinks I am nuts as they don’t know that thier son is into drugs and smoking, and all they know is that I refuse to allow their son to babysit my little boy..

My father is also a constant drunk, and he has been told no babysitting unless there is a complete promise of no alcohol..

My brother has a history of drugs and is prohibited from babysitting..

Now, honestly mummies.. Do you think I am crazy? Or should I allow these drunks and druggos to babysit my son, when they could potentially harm him? Keep in mind he is also crawling and climbing, and EVERYTHING goes into his mouth.. I am afraid of them leaving a bottle of beer or dropping some drugs, and him consuming them..

Please, be honest.. =/
He is a weed user, that will do it anywhere and everywhere.. He also drinks everywhere.. He rang me up drunk about 3 hours ago, just to tell me he was awesome.. Now, does that sound like a uncle that should be allowed to babysit?

He has been to our house and made our son cry when drunk before.

I feel real sad my son is taking all kinds of drugs. Salvia, Ritalin, Weed and Alcohol to name a few. It really snuck up on me and my wife. I suspected for a while but not to this extent. He use to be so loving, caring and friendly. Now everything is the opposite. We are going to be taking him to Drug Counselor next week. I wish it was today but no counselor was able to see him until next week. I always thought we had such a good son. I am really sad for him. He really does not understand how this is effecting his family. I am writing because I really am unsure how to handle this whole mess.

“29-year-old Robert E. Hensley of Unicoi, Tenn. is accused of slapping his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son. He’s also accused of duct taping his girlfriend’s pug to the dog’s body and rubbing the dog’s butt in the kids’ faces. Prescription drugs and alcohol may have been involved”

” 43-year-old Manuel De Jesus Rosales of Lehigh Acres, Florida is a brutal killer.
He’s accused of slitting the throat of his own daughter while in a drunken rage. Not content of just slitting the throat of his own daughter while she looked on he also slit the throat of his 3-moth-old grandson, the daughter’s son. Unfortunately the baby did not survive the attack. After slitting the baby’s throat he allegedly presented him to his daughter saying “here’s your bastard. ”

“25-year-old Randy Thomsen of Las Vegas, Nevada has been charged with beating and kicking his 4-month-old son and putting him in a freezer and closing the door on him. The infant suffered a fracture skull and broken ribs which Thomesn allegedly tried blaming on a fall. ”

“Police in Grapevine, Texas arrested Julio Cesar Garcia, 20, and Branda Duran, 19, after witnesses at a party allegedly saw them passing a bong to their 13-month-old son. Witnesses say that the boy put his mouth around the top of the bong and was playing with a bowl of weed.”

“20-year-old Anthony Parra of Queens, New York is accused of putting his girlfriend’s daughter into ICU by scalding the 11-month-old girl. These stories are almost becoming old hat. It has all the usual elements. Boyfriend was babysitting while mom was at work, baby starts to cry boyfriend flips out and harms the child. ”

“McALLEN, Texas – A man accused of fatally beating his 2-year-old stepdaughter when she wouldn’t stop crying as he watched a World Cup game has been charged with capital murder.”

“29-year-old Peter James Wilson of is accused of slashing the throat of his 5-year-old step-daughter while on vacation in Hoodsport, Washington.

Allegedly Wilson argued with his wife over how the children should be disciplined and then told his wife “not to worry that he would take care of it.”

“19-year-old Marlon M. Hines of St. Charles County, Missouri, has been charged in the May 31st death of his 12-week-old daughter.

Hines is accused of ‘applying pressure’ to his daughters chest while he was trying to change her. He was allegedly ‘frustrated’ because his daughter soiled herself several times. Hines allegedly applied so much pressure that he fractured his daughter’s ribs and lacerated her liver. The cause of death was internal bleeding from the liver.”

“Police in Salinas, California have arrested 20-year-old Samantha Tomasini and 38-year-old Patrick Fousek after they allegedly tried to sell their baby to a pair of women in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart for $25.

Police say the pair appeared to be tweaking on meth. Tomasini allegedly admitted to even breastfeeding the baby while high on meth. ”

“New York State Police were called to the Vienna, New York home of Adam Theall’s parents. The 21-year-old Theall was threatening to kill his 3-month-old son if police responded. He made good on his promise. When a New York State Trooper arrived at the scene Theall shot his infant son with a shotgun without hesitation.”

“Police in Wells Township, Ohio have arrested an unnamed 49-year-old woman for prostituting her 14-year-old daughter so the woman could get crack. It’s alleged that she started pimping out her daughter at the age of 10.’

“Police in Louisville, Kentucky have arrested 29-year-old Bobbie Nelson, 38-year-old Denise Haynes, and 48-year-old Tommy Harris for allegedly not only running a meth lab with kids in the house but having the lab in the kids’ room.”

“19-year-old Staci Lynn Barbosa and 23-year-old Jonathan Edward Vandergriff of Bullhead City, Arizona have been arrested in the brutal death of their one-month-old

The boy was brought to the hospital with extensive injuries and the baby died from his injuries. The baby had broken ribs, a broken femur, malnourished, dehydrated and showed signs of shaken baby syndrome. Police also say that the baby was raped by his own parents. ”

“23-year-old Kayla Neighbors of Greenwood, Indiana was arrested last week for slamming her infant to the ground while tweaked out on meth.

Her neighbors were concerned because she was screaming about dropping her baby. When her neighbors found her baby and handed it to her she looked at the baby then threw it on the parking lot pavement.”

“34-year-old Stephanie Rochester of Boulder, Colorado has been charged in the smothering murder of her 6-month-old son Rylan. She allegedly killed her own son over fears that he may have Autism. ”

“11 month-old Kayla Marie Taschler from Palmerton, Pennsylvania died back in January after being left unattended in her

My son is 14 and he is a very good boy, but I worry because I know how young I was when temptations started. (to smoke pot, drink, etc.) He has ADD and things aren’t always a breeze for him, so I am afraid he will turn to drugs at some point. I tell him often (without nagging) to wait until he is 21 to decide whether or not to drink and he seems to listen. I heard that alcohol affects the development of the frontal lobe of the brain, so I remind him from time to time that he is just so much better off without it. I also don’t want to seem like I am preaching. I am a waitress and I have tended bar, so he knows I am not anti-alcohol. I just want him to make age-appropriate decisions. If anyone has any added incentive for kids to stay abstinate, please let me know. Thanks!

My aunt is addicted to prescription drugs and has been for a while. She also has an eating disorder. She only drinks water and never eats. She is also addicted to smoking. She takes pain killers and morophene patches constantly. She doesn’t even need them but one doctor she goes to continues to prescribe them. He even knows whats going on. She gets so high on the pain killers sometimes she passes out in bed with a cigerette lit and she has almost burnt herself up multiple times. She gets so bad she can’t walk or talk she is so high on them. She don’t even know where she is and what day it is. I have suggested to my other aunts that we should do something but they say that the only person that can do anything about it is her son and husband (that is is seperated from). Her son is an alcoholic and doesn’t care and her husband would never say anything about what she is doing. I fear I am the only one that can help. Is there anything I can do to help her?

I have an 8 year old son and have recently found out that his father is using cocaine and meth and also found out that he made counterfeit money. I found all this out from his wife. I am not out for vengeance or anything like that. We were never married and I believe every child should have both parents in their lives, but I am worried about the safety and well being of my child. My son loves his daddy and I don’t want to take that away from him. We have no legal custody arrangements. What can I do? Just refuse to let him take my son for his weekends? Can I have him drug tested? Demand that he go to rehab? I don’t really have the financial resources to go to court. Me and my husband live pay check to pay check and I haven’t received child support in years.

I was with a friend tonight and we picked up her son and when he got into the car i smelled ammonia badly along with regular body odor. If you use meth, do you leave a scent of ammonia? It was a very strong odor
NO…i am not the one that is doing it….and no i didnt just recently use ammonia to clean..my question is very honest and i heard that meth users carry that ammonia odor. BAD answer to the 1st person that answered my question.

My 48 year old mother is doing cocaine. This is the 2nd time in about 3 years I found it in her bedroom. The first was when I was pregnant, and I told her if she didn’t stop she would not be allowed to see my son when he was born. She stopped (or at least i think she did) and she has a wonderful relationship with him now. (he is 2 and adores her) She moved in with my husband and I to help with our son, and to help her as she is disabled and not able to work. She went to stay with her parents for the weekend, and I snooped, and found it again. I need advise from anyone who has been anywhere close to this situation. She’s my mother, I don’t think I can kick her out, she has no one to take care of her, but my son is my #1 priority, and how can I let her care for him, or even be around him if she is on drugs?

last night my friend went over to their house to check on the kids and i guess they totally were bashing me saying that i asked her boyfriend for meth in the laundry room! this was about 3 weeks ago and mind you hes mexican ,maybe he didn’t understand what i said but i asked him if he knew about an amp for my son’s new car because his (white) girlfriend works at a pawn shop and that all i said . should i try to tell the lady that or should i just ignore it?

I’ve just recently found out that my brother is stealing from my sickly ill mother, presently in the hospital, and abusing drugs-as confirmed by police as crack/cocaine. He lives with his 14 year old son, they don’t get along at all, and has abusive tendencies. Ever since my mother was diagnosed with Stg 4 Breast Cancer, with no recovery, he has been in a downward spiral. He confided in me that he is taking marijuana to offset the depression, however, as I visited the home to pick up a few things for my mom, he not only stole some of her clothing, jewelry and other family heirlooms, but I got so frustrated, maybe they were still in his room, I entered and found empty zip baggies with powder residue and small round burnt balls all around. Need help in making a drastic decision…call ACS, get him evicted, which means he will lose his job again, go to jail and devastate my mother even more, or should I wait, have a family intervention, because image matters to him, and wait it out?

A preacher in my town got busted recently using Oxycontin that was not prescribed to him, and there are rumors he is also addicted to meth.

A month ago, the SON of a POLICE CHIEF near my town was arrested in another state while purchasing heroin.

Why are people such hypocrites when it comes to drugs?

Instead of condemning drugs and drug users, why can’t they speak more honestly, and say something like,

“Well, drug use can be bad, and it can cause you medical problems. But drug users and addicts should be treated with compassion. Their problem is a medical problem, not a criminal problem.”

Why can’t we ever get that sort of sense out of these hypocrites?

ok ill try to keep it short. mom ,23 year old son, and 16 year old son all lived together. older brother moved out when he got his girlfriend pregnant. mom can no longer afford rent because of i think meth addiction and because older son who was splitting rent moved out. she is completely capable of affording the full rent with her income she just spends her money unwisely and cant seem to manage it. she hasnt been able to make rent the past 3 times. she got a car title loan to pay it one month which bought her a little time but just seemed to dig her hole deeper. she is over her head in debt faces eviction, losing her car, and possibly her job with her “tweaked” out mentality. i am the older brother and im pretty much all shes got family wise, besides my 16 year old brother. it hurts to see my brother suffer like this. i have the money to help her, but i just cant afford to bail her out this time with my kid on the way. what do i do?
i cant take them in if they get evicted

I have a 17yr old stepson. He is currently being checked into a hospital here in Houston. He is a leach, a lyer, not very smart, runs with stupid other kids his age, and has a mother for an alcoholic. His mother says that his father will provide him with money, healthcare, a home and anything esle. Not right. I am married to his father. What can I do about this legally? His son is taking him to the cleaners emotionally and financially.

I am having the hardest time getting over it. He was so in love with me and then out of the blue started using bad drugs (meth) and one day just left!! He left me with our 3 yr old son and now he has a new girlfriend (a known drug addict). I can’t seem to understand how he could do this to me, what should I do to get over it…

I have a 17yr old stepson. He is currently being checked into a hospital here in Houston. He is a leach, a lyer, not very smart, runs with stupid other kids his age, and has a mother for an alcoholic. His mother says that his father will provide him with money, healthcare, a home and anything esle. Not right. I am married to his father. What can I do about this legally? His son is taking him to the cleaners emotionally and financially.

I have a 17yr old stepson. He is currently being checked into a hospital here in Houston. He is a leach, a lyer, not very smart, runs with stupid other kids his age, and has a mother for an alcoholic. His mother says that his father will provide him with money, healthcare, a home and anything esle. Not right. I am married to his father. What can I do about this legally? His son is taking him to the cleaners emotionally and financially.

I have a 17yr old stepson. He is currently being checked into a hospital here in Houston. He is a leach, a lyer, not very smart, runs with stupid other kids his age, and has a mother for an alcoholic. His mother says that his father will provide him with money, healthcare, a home and anything esle. Not right. I am married to his father. What can I do about this legally? His son is taking him to the cleaners emotionally and financially.

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Gore Arrest Highlights Rx Drug Abuse

CHICAGO – Drug abuse experts say the arrest of Al Gore’s son underscores the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among America’s youth. College students use the stimulant Adderall, an attention deficit drug, to get a speedy high or pull all-nighters.

Prescription drug abuse among 18- to 25-year-olds rose 17 percent from 2002 to 2005, according to the White House drug policy office. In 2004 and again in 2005, there were more new abusers of prescription drugs than new users of any illicit drug.

According to another survey, the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, there are 14.6 million current marijuana users and 6.4 million prescription drug abusers, with most prescription drug abusers using painkillers such as Vicodin. Cocaine ranked third with 2.4 current users

Well here it goes. My mother has been on drugs most of her adult life. Crack cocaine is her drug of choice. She’s been to rehab a few times, but can’t keep it together. Our relationship has always been strained. My grandparents raised me when she didn’t want to be bothered, so I just became attached to them. My granny died last year and mom has gotten worse. I recently had my 1st child and am going home (2000miles) for the first time since Granny’s death. My mom has already started causing drama and confusion in the family over who gets to see my son first. I asked her to pick him up a jacket if she found 1 and I would pay her when I got there. She said she was broke so I asked my uncle to look. My mom went ape s*** and told people I was trying con them outta clothes for my son!

WTF?

I just want to say screw it, and not even see her when we get home. Does long term drug use really kill the mind?

My 22 year old cousin is 7 weeks pregnant…but she prostitutes and also uses crack cocaine the whole time she has been pregnant. She has a 3 year old son who was tested positive with crack cocaine in his system when he was born and he was given over to her aunt. What can be done right now while she is pregnant to get her off the streets and stop using. We try and help her, but the second she leaves here…she is back out there on the streets again walking. Anyhelp would be great. The father of the baby is in jail right now…so…he can’t do much. Any opinions would be great, thanks!
She will not go to any drug treatments, the longest she was clean was the few weeks she spent in jail. Would CPS be able to be able to do anything…if they cannot find her?? She doesn’t really live anywhere, just whereever she falls asleep