The risks associated with marijuana have been trivialized and our kids are getting the wrong message, ... We must arm parents, teachers, community leaders and our children with the truth.
You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of.
This was a result of a number of factors, but we do know that the messages kids get about the harms of drugs has a significant impact on their decision on whether or not to use.
We know that if we can prevent kids from trying drugs in their teenage years, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that they will go on to have problems later in life.