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The Verdant Health Commission hosts a program for parents called What If My Teen Smokes Marijuana on Feb. 23 at the Verdant Community Wellness Center in Lynnwood.
The program for parents interested in talking to their teenagers about marijuana and will feature guest speaker Lara Okokoko, MSW, a family therapist specializing in the ways that problematic substance use stresses the family.
Okokoko will answer common questions including, “Is marijuana addictive?” and “What do I do if I know that they have already experimented with marijuana or alcohol?” as well as take questions from attendees.
Parents will leave with a better understanding of the new marijuana laws and ideas about how to talk to their kids about marijuana and alcohol use without using scare tactics and nagging. Parents are the biggest influence on their kids’ decisions to not use drugs and alcohol. Are you using that influence as best you can?
The program is from 7-8:30 p.m. and is free. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register call 425-582-8600 or register online
The Verdant Community Wellness Center is located at 4710 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood.
Kids will experiment. It’s part of growing up, and how you learn. But if you set a good example, stay involved in their lives, they’ll turn out well. Let them know what you think of drugs, be there when they need you – and relax a bit. Most of them will grow up to be people you can be proud of.
‘What If My Teen Smokes Marijuana’
They laugh a lot and eat junk food. That’s about it.
It can interfere with brain development and trigger early onset of schizophrenia, among other things. No, it is not harmless for children. (And a good deal more harmful to adults than most people know.)
Daily Marijuana Use Is Not Associated with Brain Morphometric Measures in Adolescents or Adults
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/4/1505.abstract
Bruce, that’s interesting, but there certainly seems to be some disagreement on the issue. Since this is something that will affect them for the rest of their lives, it seems like it would pay to be cautious? https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/08/regular-marijuana.aspx