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I am 15 years old and my sister seems to be having financial problems. As her brother I don't mind lending or giving her a little bit of money. My parents found a marijuana pipe and later meth pipe both used in her room. She seems to spend so much that she started stealing money from me and asking me to make counterfeits. Then like always she lies and makes up lame excuses. How should I deal with it, call the cops and file a theft charge try to "scare her straight"? She passed a drug test but it was at home her friends were over and it took her 2 hours.

OK, it sounds like your sister is doing drugs, but you don't want to blame all of her behavior on that, either. If she is stealing from you do not make excuses for her by blaming it on the drugs; that's letting her off way too easy. Let her know you don't trust her and it's too bad that you have to admit that your own sister's a sneaky thief, but it is what it is.
I am sorry to tell you this, but there's really nothing else you can do, and any attempt to try to make her see the light is just going to end up being hurtful to you. The best thing you can do for your sister is hold her accountable for her actions and don't let her take advantage of you. Also, you can send her a lot of good wishes that if she is doing drugs she will have the strength to stop.

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(Rating: 4) Thank you for the advice but I don't get hurt to easily, I just move on. The drugs maybe the addiction but she still has to take full responsibility for it.
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