According to our prevention partners at Drug Free America Foundation and Informed Families, a new study shows that between the years 2015 and 2019 suicide ideation and behaviors have increased for youth that used marijuana.
As marijuana is further legalized in states across the U.S., so should public health and suicide prevention efforts be increased to help curb the rise in marijuana use among adolescents and educate youth to better understand the causal link between marijuana use and suicide ideation and behaviors.
Risky behaviors are part of being a teen, as this is the time they tend to push boundaries to become more independent. It is more important than ever that parents and caregivers arm their kids with knowledge of ways to stay safe and understand how the gateway drugs of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana may adversely affect their growing bodies and brains.
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