[edjrage]

Your comments show several common misconceptions/mischaracterizations about the topic.

Whether someone is an addict or not is not about the addict's (or anyone's) opinion. Addiction and dependency are very well understood from a scientific viewpoint.

It's not only “some” people that don't overdo it. A very large percentage of the population has used marijuana and yet you don't see most people in the conditions you described.

I highly doubt the root problem of your 60% of extended family is drugs (assuming we're just talking about stuff like marijuana or psychedelics). If they feel like they need to relax all the time, maybe it's because they're subject to too much stress or are (maybe hereditarily) oversensitive to stressors, in which case they might need some help regardless of drug use.

One last thing (but the most important), psychedelics are decidedly NOT addictive (again, following scientific definitions). In addition to not causing an urge and immediately causing tolerance that lasts for weeks, they're very well-known for ending decades-long addictions and all sorts of negative behaviors (including overuse of marijuana!). At high enough doses, they are nothing like a typical marijuana high. You really have to experience it to understand just how deeply and positively they can change one's life. Ironically enough, they might be a great option for your family to try (under proper guidance) in order to get out of their situation.

[treeman79]

Oh my sister tried everything there was to try.

What finally got her off drugs?

My parents started a custody battle to have her children taken away. That got her act together.

Her husband got clean after getting 2 strikes in a 3 strike state. 25 years for his next arrest.

My adopted daughter came to us because her biological mother wouldn’t get off drugs. Kept failing to pick her kids up from school.