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Talking to your children about marijuana
As this booklet has shown, marijuana is clearly a dangerous drug which poses a particular threat to the health and well-being of children and adolescents at a critical point in their lives -when they are growing, learning, maturing, and laying the foundation for their adult years. As a parent, your children look to you for help and guidance in working out problems and in making decisions, including the decision not to use drugs. As a role model, your decision to not use marijuana and other illegal drugs will reinforce your message to your children.
There are numerous resources, many right in your own community, to obtain information so that you can talk to your children about drugs. To find these, you can consult your local library, school, or community service organization.
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) offers an extensive collection of publications, videotapes, and educational materials to help parents talk to their children about drug use. For more information on marijuana and other drugs, contact:
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information,
P.O. Box 2345,
Rockville, MD 20847
1-800-729-6686
Resources
- Fried, P.A., Prenatal exposure to tobacco and marijuana: effects during pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology 36:319-337, 1993.
- Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., NCADI Publication No. PHD533 (also in Spanish PHD541), 1993.
- Hermes, W.J., and Galperin, A. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs: Marijuana, Its Effects on Mind and Body, Chelsea House Publishers, 1992.
- Jaffe, J.H. Drug abuse and addiction. In: Gilman, A.G.; Rall, T.W.; Nies, A.S.; Taylor, P., eds. The Pharmacological Bases of Therapeutics, 8th ed. New York: Macmillan, 522-573, 1990.
- Johnston, L.D.; O'Malley, P.M.; and Bachman, J.G. National Survey Results on Drug Use From the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1993 (Vol. I and II). National Institute on Drug Abuse. Washington, D.C.: BKD 149 and BKD 150, 1994.
- Keeping Youth Drug Free: A Guide for Parents, Grandparents, ...and other Caregivers, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, In Press, 1995.
- Marijuana: Facts for Teens, National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NCADI Publication No. PHD713, 1995.
- Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know, National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NCADI Publication No. PHD712, 1995.
- Marijuana: What Can Parents Do?, Videotape, National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NCADI Stock No. VHS82, 1995. Cost: $8.50
- O'Brien, C.P. Drug Abuse and Dependence. In: Syngaarden, J.B., et al. (eds.) Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 19th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1992
- Schwartz, R.H.; Gruenewald, P.J.; Klitzner, M.; and Fedio, P. Short-term memory impairment in cannabis-dependent adolescents. American J. of Diseases of the Child 143:1214-1219, 1989.
- Tashkin, D.P.; Coulson, A.H.; Clark, V.A.; et al. Respiratory system and lung function in habitual, heavy smokers of marijuana alone, smokers of marijuana and tobacco, smokers of tobacco alone, and nonsmokers. Am Rev Respir Dis 135:209-216, 1987.
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