Deep Dive: My Teen is Smoking Pot!

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The teenage years are just about the craziest time of life for both teens AND their parents. It’s normal for adolescents to give you grief. Their brains are changing fast, hormones are out of whack, they’re dealing with friends and social pressures. Teens are impulsive. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:16.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:19.0	Deep dive.
0:20.0	Dr. Laura's Deep Dive. Deep dive. Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast.
0:25.3	The teenage years are just about the craziest time of life for teens and their parents.
0:31.5	It's normal for adolescents to give you grief.
0:34.7	Their brains are changing fast.
0:36.6	Hormones are out of whack. They're dealing with
0:39.1	friends and social pressures. Teens are impulsive. They don't understand long-term consequences
0:45.3	so they don't think down the road to what could happen when they take risks and do things
0:52.0	like smoke pot.
0:58.2	So what's the best way to react when you discover your kid has tried drugs?
1:04.5	Well, not the way Mike did, as we discussed, when he called in for my help.
1:09.5	Mike, welcome to the program.
1:11.6	Yes, Dr. Lord, how are you?
1:12.4	Hi.
1:14.4	Thank you for taking my call.
1:21.3	You know, I'm probably after hours when you're at home relaxing that I always need to call on you. So I have a very ugly 14-year-old daughter who, you know, usually doesn't get into trouble at all.
1:30.8	Shared A's and plays softball for her high school.
1:34.2	She was with one of her softball colleagues, a really good friend last night,
1:38.8	having a sleepover.
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