What Your Kids Need to Know About Marijuana, Legalized or Not
“Cannabis Curious?” That’s the billboard my children and I see every day on our after-school drive on Ventura Boulevard. The questions from my kids, who are 11 and 13, have come spilling out: “What is cannabis? What's curious about it? Why does it have different names? What does it look like? Why do people use it?”
If you are a parent, no matter how you plan to vote on Proposition 64 — the California initiative that would legalize marijuana for adult use — you need to be prepared to talk about marijuana with your kids. Even without legalization, access to marijuana has significantly increased over the last few years, as has its popularity with youth.
Studies show that today’s teens think using marijuana is less harmful than teens did even five years ago. They also believe it's safer and has fewer consequences than alcohol.
A recent Rand study found that teens...
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