I run to here when I am sad/conflicted/drunk.

today, sad.

My 22 year old niece said she blows marijuana smoke in her 4 year old daughters face to "calm her down".

My friend-ish said she blows smoke in her pitbulls face to calm her down.

what are your thoughts?

EDIT:

The interesting part about calling CPS is..... the child would then go into foster care....ask any foster kid there is, and they would say it is horrendous. The kids with my niece (besides the smoke) are well fed and taken care of. They are really smart for their ages, too. I don't see any mental issues in them at all. Not even behavioral issues. They do all the "pleases" and "thank yous".

EDIT 2:

Is anyone on here brave enough to say they do it too? I know it is not as rare as it sounds. PM me? Everyone deserves a voice.

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Jayciedubb · 56-60, M

My question is, do you ever smoke weed yourself? I've gone through stages, myself, hitting both extremes if the spectrum for many years each. I've done it enough to know the way it is beneficial to me. I'm a combat vet with PTSD. It shows in everything I do when I'm not under the influence of marijuana. I'm wound up tighter than a swiss watch and easily triggered. ..it only takes just a single hit of weed to settle me down into what I call civilian status where I have no problem going with the flow. It also does wonders for any chronic pain or discomfort I have in my bones and joints.

As for blowing it into a minor's face or an animal's face, there are better ways. You can decarb it and put it in a pill case. I've done that for one of my dogs as he was dying and wouldn't eat. I did it to induce his appetite. It worked well.

I have a son who was born helplessly disabled. He's so far off the chart, they don't know if he's also autistic, however he was prescribed medication thats also prescribed to autistic people to calm them down. I can't remember what it's called. We took him off of it because it was droning him out . I wanted to grind up some decarbed weed and shove it through his G tube but his mom was against it. Instead we just white knuckle it through all his tantrums due to his sensitivity issues. That choice has, over the years, caused us to lose all our friends and rarely get invites to family functions either..

Since then, I've seen a documentary about a man whose child is autistic and he has been giving him weed to help keep him calm and there are many doctors who agree with him. In hindsight, I wish I would have done the same thing. But I was scared of CPS to be honest with you.