Excellent post! I'm an addiction and maternal mental health therapist and the biggest way I see cannabis impacting kids right now is their PARENT'S use! Which is turning into a total nightmare. So many parents escalating to daily use, triggering mania of previously mild of unknown cyclical disorders, driving under the influence, and divorce. And don't even get me started on the disaster of accidental ingestion, such a mess. Glad these conversations are happening.
Jul 25, 2023·edited Jul 25, 2023Liked by Melinda Wenner Moyer
This is an interesting conversation. The way legalization (and the changing composition of the drug) will affect kids and teens is not something I had put much thought into. I do think even comparing cannabis with opioids is ridiculous and turned me off from the conversation initially however. I am in public health and think honesty and messaging are important. Cannabis needs to be given the respect it deserves but it is not an opioid.
Thanks for writing this. I knew I didn’t understand a lot about cannabis, and this helped illuminate those dark areas. I’m fascinated that it’s so hard to research! We’ve told our kids about the effect of cannabis on developing brains, and now they respond in chorus with “not until we’re 25!” when we talk about it. I just hope we can keep talking about it and that our message sticks. Thanks again for this thoughtful, and thought-provoking, article.
Thank you for your post. I still have time to have this talks with my children and I was wondering when the brain stops developing? Because my children can decide to use drugs when they are only 18.
Excellent post! I'm an addiction and maternal mental health therapist and the biggest way I see cannabis impacting kids right now is their PARENT'S use! Which is turning into a total nightmare. So many parents escalating to daily use, triggering mania of previously mild of unknown cyclical disorders, driving under the influence, and divorce. And don't even get me started on the disaster of accidental ingestion, such a mess. Glad these conversations are happening.
This is an interesting conversation. The way legalization (and the changing composition of the drug) will affect kids and teens is not something I had put much thought into. I do think even comparing cannabis with opioids is ridiculous and turned me off from the conversation initially however. I am in public health and think honesty and messaging are important. Cannabis needs to be given the respect it deserves but it is not an opioid.
Thanks for writing this. I knew I didn’t understand a lot about cannabis, and this helped illuminate those dark areas. I’m fascinated that it’s so hard to research! We’ve told our kids about the effect of cannabis on developing brains, and now they respond in chorus with “not until we’re 25!” when we talk about it. I just hope we can keep talking about it and that our message sticks. Thanks again for this thoughtful, and thought-provoking, article.
Thank you for your post. I still have time to have this talks with my children and I was wondering when the brain stops developing? Because my children can decide to use drugs when they are only 18.