"Marijuana and Adolescents" TV SPECIAL with Dr. Lynn Fox & Mark DaleLive Broadcast June 26, or View on YouTube 24/7
Marijuana abuse & addiction among youth has skyrocketed due to availability & a dramatic increase in potency of THC (TetraHydroCannabinol) levels. *Young people who are still developing are especially vulnerable, as marijuana affects their physical, intellectual, social, moral & psychological development. Average start of use is 12.4 years that can lead to *6-8 IQ point loss, *1 out of 6 heavy-using teens becoming addicted,* increased traffic fatalities, and vulnerability to *depression, psychosis, schizophrenia & other major health issues and even suicide. We must prevent this from happening to our children.
* The very dangerous extremely elevated THC level of Pot today (20% to up to 95% in concentrates) is not the Pot of the 1970s & 1980s that had much lower THC levels (1-2%).
This is vital information for all parents, grandparents and teachers.
C. Lynn Fox, Ph.D. is a national expert in the areas of drug awareness & prevention, adolescent development, classroom management, self-esteem enhancement, and Special Education. She has trained over 200,000 K-12 teachers & others in the past 30 years, and has been a professor of Education at both
San Francisco State and
San Diego State Universities. Dr. Fox has authored & coauthored 11 books, including a TEXTBOOK with Dr. Shirley Forbing for HarperCollins entitled:
Creating Drug Free Schools and Communities: A Comprehensive Approach.
