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I don't know if this right but here goes anyhow.
I really need info on how to counteract the effects of second hand smoke,for my son.
He was sharing with a pot smoker who would smoke all day and as my son works nights he would get all the second hand smoke and that was giving him an aggressive personality and then when he moved back home he was having withdrawals and looking like a truck had hit him. He desperately wants any information that might help him or at least steer us in the right direction if there is one. He is a good person ,he just ends up in the wrong crowd. The medical system has been of no use to him .


So please if anyone could help even just a little it would be much appreciated.

[splitimage]

I've never heard of anyone getting addicted from second hand smoke, but I suppose it is possible. As long as he's away from the drug, it'll eventually work it's way out of his system, and he'll be back to normal. But if drug use is a problem or if he's having cravings then a support group like narcotics annonymous could be helpful.

If you just want information on marajuana and it's side effects, there's pretty good infromation at www.camh.net CAMH is the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and is Canada's largest psychiatric hospital. Their site is pretty easy to navigate and they have fact sheets on the most common drugs.

---splitimage

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Thanks for the info Splitimage . I probably didn't get the original post correct to start with . He was smoking but gave it up and was stuck in a caravan for 8 hours at a time ( sleep and down time from work) but his room mate for want of a better term is just caught up in it all and it was just effecting him so badly it wasn't funny. He has at least come home with a better attitude and is slowly calming down . He was just to aggressive and antisocial while he was hanging around his mate and their friends.
So I do think there might be something to the second hand smoke theroy- as with cigaretttes second hand tobacco smoke .
But with help I hope he will be alright
Thank you again
thank you

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Just an update
Seems dear old dad here wasn't told the truth after all . Very disappointing/ed
But would still seek out any info again for him and probably will next time.

Mind you when I was that age and being part of a peer group that wasn't just out for the individual self we looked after each other and still do to some extent. But we knew when enough was enough and we also knew when it was time to quit.
Seeing what it has done to friends and family who have just continued is so sad it is not funny,watching families torn apart just for a joint is ridiculous.
So once again thank you for the info and I will probably be asking again .
But

[Capp]

Hey, kids can do a number on us for sure...
your question was from love and hope and absolutely the right thing to do. we learn as we go and I'm sorry for your disappointment.
Cap

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It just eats away at a person , you try and give them what you can and they have it way better off but flushing things down the toilet literaly seems the thing of the day.
Just really frustrating ......
Then they play us off each other and guess who ends up the bad guy

Thanks

[Capp]

we always end up the bad guy/gal !

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jme, but let them eat up something else besides you. no matter what you do at this stage isn't going to be appreciated--heck, all it does is make 'em roll their eyes...
I have two grown kids, but when they were teens it was Hard.
The so-called tough love was my salvation so to speak. It was a challenge with my son more than with my daughter. I finally told my son that I would no longer take his crap, he'd better shape up but we could negotiate ...some things were not negotiable and I made that very clear. I was quivering inside with anger and with fear.
I didn't see him for two days. He called and wanted to come home and talk about it. It was the best we could do at the time, and we had our ups and downs.
He did come to realize that I wasn't being an itch with a capital B, but that I was concerned with the road he was on...

Take care of you, please.
Sometimes we have to let them fall on their arses before they accept we aren't the bad ones.

Take care of you, please. I repeated that because it is so important...
Cap