Talking to kids about legal marijuana
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.My kids are in elementary school -- a little young for the "weed talk" -- but I wonder whether the fact that recreational pot use is now legal in a handful of states will complicate things once we start having those conversations.
Sue Scheff, a parent advocate who works with children in at-risk communities, says she's heard from plenty of kids who say, "Well, it's legal so it must be OK."
"We already have the messaging problem," said Scheff, author of "Wit's End: Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out-of-Control Teen."
"So we need to come up with a new way to discuss it ... because the kids are tuning us out."
It is no doubt a tricky conversation trying to explain to impressionable kids why it's OK for adults to use marijuana in states where recreational use is legal (Colorado, Washington and Alaska, plus the...
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