Indopedia All Things Marijuana
Weed, pot, grass, marijuana—or cannabis to use the proper terminology—will be legal in Canada from July 1, 2018. Anyone over the age of 18 will be able to walk into a store and buy up to 30 grams of regulated product. While most Canadians approve of this new policy, many also believe the law will fail to stop more children using the drug.
So how should we talk to kids and teenagers about this new legal drug? What can parents do with legalization just months away?
This is a question that I —as a cannabis researcher and father of 17-year-old twin boys—take very seriously, and for good reason. Globally, cannabis is the most available and most used illegal substance and Canadian youth have some of the highest use rates in…
