Dear Queenie,
A friend of mine at school smokes marijuana during the lunch hour. He knows I know and he made me promise to keep it a secret. He says he is depressed and doing this makes him feel better.
Queenie, should I break my promise and tell someone, and who should I tell?—Worried friend
Dear Friend,
What your friend is doing is not the best way to deal with depression, and I am surprised that none of your friend’s teachers or any school authorities have noticed what your friend is doing.
Tell the school counsellor or a teacher you trust about his depression and hopefully in dealing with his depression they will also deal with his use of an illegal substance before the latter gets him into legal trouble.
