I'm going to be a senior at a local high school and I have a 3.73 GPA, work 4-6 days a week in the summer, do my own landscaping on the side, never been pink slipped (aka reprimanded in HS) and have a paper route. I run track and cross country and lift in my free time. I am fairly popular and get along with almost everyone I go to school with. Here's the meat of the story, about 4 months ago, I tried smoking weed (and enjoyed it a little too much) and it was unknown between my dad mom and step dad until about 4 weeks ago. Four weeks ago, my dad entered my car and found a bag of paraphemia (a pipe, blunt wraps, herbal vaporizer, about $15 worth of bud and *sigh* a scale). I know the scale is bad and I would be mad at my kid too for having that but it was a good deal I got at the head shop and I just made a dumb decision of keeping it in my car sometimes in the summer. As a result, my dad yelled the most at me in disgust and anger and they took away my car, phone and I couldn't do anything for about 2 weeks. A little bit later, I started getting privileges back like I could go play basketball at a local park, have friends over, and go hang out with friends after work until 9 at the latest. Anyways, last week ago me and a buddy went and smoked weed in the woods before playing basketball and my dad seen my car at a local park and went into it and found a roach. He called me to the car and as a result, I'm grounded again. This time, he is talking to counselors, doctors, and therapists (who of course claim I'm killing myself) and my mom said there is talk I may go to a military school or boarding school and that I may not be able to live on campus next year! I'm not some troubled dumb bone headed kid, I'm just some goofy white suburban kid who enjoys getting high (pot is the only drug I have ever done and ever think about) when my work and school work is done. To be clear, I would never bring paraphemia or weed to school and this is about the only "real trouble" I have been in as a "kid" other than being a bit of a mischief as a middle child growing up here and there around the house. My dad is a high school teacher who claims weed will make me VERY dumb, I will/if not am some troubled kid that is on drugs, and very lazy (I also think he is afraid of the image but doesn't admit it). He doesn’t realize how harmless, common, and how “taking everything away†doesn’t usually solve the problem (although it will for me because I don’t want to be sent to military school). An ironic part of the story is my mom admitted to smoking a few times a year (which I don’t hold against her obviously) and my step-dad who is probably the most "sane" in the situation but doesn't hold much weight is an ex-grower. Any help is appreciated!
Edit- A week has gone by since I orginally typed this and my consquence is not being able to do anything for the next few weeks and I will be periodically drug tested for a long time and if I fail a test, my car (which I paid/pay for, sigh) will be sold (and that is how I get my landscaping done!).