Letters to the Editor
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a miss
Cary- I am bummed, really for the first time, about your response. You are right on only one point: that this is a symptom. What part of the letter made you think that the Mother abandoned her son? It is a back injury and pot is a painkiller that has been around a long time. It's not as if this is something new. You, a DARE supporter? I never imagined. Are you just afraid to lose your position if you offered a view that might be considered sympathetic to drug users?
Also, I am confused about the letter writer's angle. Are we to assume you are concerned for the 15 year old and that he may make good on his all or nothing threats? That the family will implode somehow because he is throwing down the gauntlet? You are one of her best girlfriends? Too bad for her. The only thing you should suggest is that she keep the pot away from the family and use greater discretion. It really isn't your business to judge what your friends use as medication. In a perfect world, your friend would not need it, unless she wanted to relax and have some fun once in a while, but it seems she does. Too bad it isn't a perfect world, that people have pain, make mistakes and are even anxious or uptight and need to relax.
Here's another suggestion- Why not make pot legal? For those seeking to pay off some US debt, imagine the tax windfall! People talking about jail time, you know the people the LW is asking about do NOT belong in jail. The Mom does need to be more discreet and could keep it away from her home. Since this is getting her family so upset, one can only hope she hides it entirely now. It, meaning the pot, is not the problem. The communication with the 15 year old, is a problem. The father's kid gloves and lack of involvement in this quarrel is a problem. Family therapy perhaps?
This letter has this polarizing debate in it's thread and I say that it doesn't have to be that way. The mother is an adult who can do what she likes in her own home. She just needs to modify her behavior a little so she doesn't end up like the Mom in Weeds( Showtime series)...joke there. Give her a break, it's not that bad! There are letter writers suggesting the son turn his own mother into the authorities? What purpose would this serve?
The "authorities" get a few free bags of bud and a family is ruined irreparably, financially, structurally, emotionally. F-ing zealots! YOU are the problem in the U.S. It is you, not pot, not someone's mom, you the judgemental, fingerpointing, tsk-tsk-ing, shaming self-righteous hypocrites. Take care of your own life. Period. Mind the gap, people.
To these zealots: I bet if we dissected your family life from the rear window, it would be quite revealing. Probably not that interesting, but revealing nonetheless.