Marijuana? PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP!

[RandomAdvisor]

How will you move into your friend's house? Is your mother ok with that? Legally you can't move into her house without your parent's consent.

[ratherbesailing]

Charlotte -

 

I still think you should talk to your friend's mom about all of it, just keep her in the loop even if nothing is done right away. I'm sorry your mom isn't treating you fairly. I hope it all works out for you.

[RandomAdvisor]

Ok, charlotte just updated her profile to include location: Manitoba. As in, Canada. The same Canada where marijuana use is now legal. Or is that only in other provinces?

 

If Marijuana is legal where you live, this kind of changes the whole situation.

[darkblue]

 

 

Canada

 

In (2003), a court again declared Canada's unconstitutional "in not allowing seriously ill Canadians to use marijuana because there is no legal source of supply of the drug." In effect, this means that Canadians cannot be prosecuted for using marijuana medically because the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations gives patients the right to do so, but does not set up any legal apparatus for obtaining cannabis.

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As far as I can understand - The law is rather confused.

Canada effectively has no prosecutable laws prohibiting the "simple " of any amount of cannabis.

 

But no. I do not think it is 'legal'.

Though, medical use is.

[RandomAdvisor]

My memory must be failing me then. I remember reading a story about a former Canadian Prime Minister smoking a joint in public recently. Within the last year?

[darkblue]

I think there are different provinces with different rules..

I'm not sure.

(I'll ask RayKay/DN later)

[confused_69]

i'm 15 and i live in nova scotia... i used to do weed all the time... u should trick your mom by saying "mom if u dont come clean then i'm leaving!" my dad used to drink a lot and i did this and it actually worked believe it or not!

[RayKay]

My memory must be failing me then. I remember reading a story about a former Canadian Prime Minister smoking a joint in public recently. Within the last year?

 

There are some "grey areas" around it.

 

It is legal for medical use and so forth with proper applications. It is not yet legal for other use, but it is also generally not something they bother charging you with if you have possession of minor amounts for personal use. It is when you have a large amount, with intent to distribute, or where you are growing it, it generally becomes worth their time to follow up on and charge. We have a Canadian version of "Cops" up here, called "To Serve and Protect" and they are usually in BC, funny to watch how often they don't even bother with people having a small amount of pot on them, not when there are bigger issues. In comparison on Cops they will take someone down and have guns blaring if a guy has a joint...

 

It is something that there is a push to "decriminalize" though (not same as legalize), though it's hard to say what will happen with that with recent call for an election looming ahead..

 

Here are some resources talking about the legalities and non-legalities around it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RandomAdvisor]

Thanks for clearing that up Raykay.

 

And since this is a short reply, I'd like to once again ask Charlotte what she would hope to accomplish with telling CFS about her mother's marijuana use.

[darkblue]

Thanks for that RayKay. It was a great excuse to have a conversation with you

 

some guy282, that was why I asked RayKay's confirmation - I do not believe know if CFS would be beneficial in interfering.

 

Good Charlotte Freak - what do you want to do?

[good_charlotte_freak2]

Marijuana is NOT legal in my province. It is dangerous and concider an "illigal drug"

[good_charlotte_freak2]

I hav discovered something else now BESIDES Marijuanan. It is DEFINETLY sumthing else. Now What?

[darkblue]

What is it?

What does it look like?

Where did you find it?

[RandomAdvisor]

Charlotte, I keep asking what you want to get out of this whole situation and you are not responding. Finding drugs of any kind on a loved one or friend is never a situation anyone wants to be in. It's bad. Period. But me or anyone else can only give you so much advice on the situation unless we know what you want to get out of it. Situations - and consequently needs - vary from person to person, so the more details you give us on the way things are, the way you feel about them, and how you want things to change - the better everyone on this site can help you.

[good_charlotte_freak2]

I don't know what it is, it's like...kind of like dried up oil...or...like dried up ketchup...it smells funky too. I don't know what I can get out of this. I thought it would help me get advice on what to do! I don't know what I should do.

[darkblue]

Put it this way:

How discontent are you with living with your mother?

 

Because involving the CFS would put you at risk of being taken out of, what they assume is a, 'high risk household'.

[RandomAdvisor]

Well, it's difficult to know what you can get out of this, but if you could change this situation anyway you wanted to with a magic wand or something, what would you change? How would you make things different ideally?

[ratherbesailing]

Charlotte -

 

Tell everything to your friend's mother and let her help you. You shouldn't have to deal with this on your own.

[cichlid]

Has anyone ever thought that maybe it is best she get out of this household?

[darkblue]

That is the original poster's decision - which should be based on how she is coping, and how her mother is behaving.

[cichlid]

True..true...but she seems to be extremely stressed about this...and that is never good.

[RayKay]

True..true...but she seems to be extremely stressed about this...and that is never good.

 

True, but not sure that being placed in foster care is the best thing to remove that stress either. It is possible to be placed with other family, but not always the case.

 

She does really need to decide whether her parents drug use is affecting her to a degree where she wants to be out of that home so she can make the appropriate decisions.

 

I would actually advise she talk to a school counsellor or something about this before she calls CFS.

[darkblue]

I would tend to agree with RayKay, although I am going to save my own judgments for now as to what would be the best route to take.

 

Change can also be an extremely stessful thing to undergo, especially at her age.

Hence, moving her around is not going to immediately take away the stress.

[cichlid]

I do not think it is your business,if it was your house and she lived with you then it would be.Maybe there is some hidden agenda here,that makes you want to get back at her for something she has done in the past,and by the way what we're you doing snooping in her room invading her privacy.How would you feel if you paid all the bills and had your own house and your mom came over and snooped through all your stuff?

 

I get what you are saying but...

 

That does not matter because she depends on her mother to be the adult. She is acting immature to me to be causing the stress on her daughter. I am completely against drugs and you can see the pain it can cause people right here...but that is my opinion and if you see it differently then that is fine. I was just stating my opinion and no need to reply to that part of this message since I do realize other people have a different opinion concerning drugs than me for other reasons.

 

The mother is not really setting a good example for her daughter. I am not saying the drugs are the problem...but the fact that it is illegal where she is living. And she is almost indirectly showing her children it is okay to go against the law. Drugs are not something to be taken lightly either and I do realize there are a bunch of silly laws out there.

[cichlid]

She is not Showing her daughter irresponsible behavor.Her daughter invaded her privacy at her house.Maybe that is why there are soo many problems with this person.she has no respect for her mother.

Like I said it is irresponsible because it is illegal. Your response I'm sure would be different if her mother was killing people or stealing. Just like those things are illegal...drugs where she lives is also illegal. Her mother is not respecting the law.

 

She was not snooping and I think it is horrible you are accusing her of this. According to her first post...it seemed more like an accident. Her first discovery was an accident and she has been snooping lately because she is worried about her mother and her current situation.

Ok...I was in my mom's room putting something away and I discovered Marijuana. I am 99.9% positive it is Marijuana. What else could it be? Is there some kind of other stuff that smells like and looks like weed? I have smelt it before in her room but thought nothing of it until recently.