When pot goes from illegal to recreational, schools face a dilemma
“… [the] School District is bringing in a neuroscientist to talk to health classes about the impacts of marijuana on brain development. “…[It] is developing a science-based marijuana education program that takes a more holistic approach”. -Section chief for environmental epidemiology and toxicology
“Marijuana is unique, because … this is a substance where you have a large community of people that really claim that it has a lot of health benefits; you don’t see that with tobacco.” … “The messaging that probably I give my son, and that I would like the school to pick up on: I would like them to be given better coping skills,” says a mother of four.
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When pot goes from illegal to recreational, schools face a dilemma
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