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Well, I’ve been in a situation just like this with my brother. If you can’t change his mind, and you have already tried, there are two options you have. You could tell him that life is what you make of it, you can either sit at home all day smoking pot, or you can (at least) try to manage your usage of it, or quit, and find an activity, his calling of sorts.

Now, if he still insists on smoking pot, you can still be friends with him, but you risk being drawn into his circle of friends, which sounds not like what you want. From everything that has happened to him, he’s using suicide as a crutch to get what he wants, he won’t actually commit suicide, unless he’s really depressed, or something bad happened to him.

oh wow, you need to tell that peice of trash that it isn’t funny or cool to go around flaunting a depression he most likely doesn’t even really have.
kids like him are why my parents don’t believe i have problems

if theres one thing i would never have to worry about, its falling into the wrong crowds. My moral beliefs, and my personal promises are things i could never change, nor break.

And a problem is hes a stubbron fool. i have tried for years to convice him clowns dont make 500 grand a year except for maybe bozo, so how am i going to convice him that pot is a bad thing….

show him stuff about what it does to you. he is most likely addicted, so get him addiction help.
maybe play the cold friend card and stop talking to him untill he changes?
i know it’s hard but its possible.

Well, you are going about it wrong. Pot when used medicinally is a good thing, but when used recreationaly is a bad thing, because they take advantage of state health care and such.

Using the cold friend card won’t help, cause he has other people he can go to to hang out with. Problem with pot, is that you can use it, and still have a very successful life. You just have to find out who he’s doing it with and ask him to see how their life is going, and if he wants to end up like them.

Plus pot is kinda expensive, when you could be using your money for other things.

it can still be bad for you, and he doesn’t sound like hes using it medically..
you are right about how he can go with other people and smoke and/or hang out.
maybe talk to him about how hes waisting time and money on it?

does it help that i know all the people selling the pot at my school. (Dont ask why i know them all, i have no idea)

Pot would not be the reason for all this trouble, pots alot better then smoking cigarettes. Pot is one of those drugs that if you do it right the risks are minimal as long as you are being carefull. Im not saying pot is good for you but Im not saying blame pot because its pointless and a scape goat if you ask me.

im not blaming pot, and thats not the issue im trying to resolve, the issue is hes claiming he is suicidal when i Know and his mothers Knows, and his use to be Closest Friends Know, he is not suicidal. That he is saying he is because he is an attention seeker.

Well, no one commits suicide over items being taken away. Suicide which is caused from depression will goes alot deeper into a person past and phsycy. Obviously hes trying to grab attention because he knows his uncle died and he probably believes that he can take advantage of that and people will take him seriously. Its a bit sad, however, if he hasnt comitted it yet you know hes full of himself due to the fact hes giving you empty threats now. So, all you do is call his bluff.