PLEASE COMPLETE TWO PARTS SEPARATELY IN TWO FILE
Discussion Questions 1:
Readings
Required
- Youth Marijuana Use: State of the Science for the Practicing Clinician , NIH
- Policy Strategies to Reduce Youth Recreational Marijuana Use, Pediatrics Perspective
- Podcast: How One Amazing 16 Year Old is Changing Minds About Legalization, Brave New Weed
- Teens Are Smoking Less Weed in States Where it’s Legal, Vice News
- Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth & Young Adults, Department of Justice
Optional
- Podcast: Talking to Teens: “Just Say Know!”, Brave New Weed
- Is Cannabis Use Associated with Various Indices of Motivation among Adolescents?
- Data: National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Comparison of 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Population Percentages
INSTRUCTIONS
By the mid-week deadline, answer each of the questions/prompts below with 2 paragraphs using concepts from the text or your own research (be sure to cite correctly).
QUESTIONS
- looking through the readings, what are the challenges you can see in honestly communicating the risks of marijuana use to youth in the context of legalization?
Discussion Questions 2:
Readings
Required
- Legalized Marijuana, A Practical Guide for Law Enforcement (Pages 9-16, 22-28), Police Foundation
- What Marijuana Legalization Did to Car Accident Rates, The Washington Post
- The Pot Breathalyzer Is Here. Maybe, NPR
- “We’re in Hell”, Leicester Residents Respond to Pot Shop Traffic Concerns, Mass Live
Optional
- How Legalizing Marijuana Is Securing the Border: The Border Wall, Drug Smuggling, and Lessons for Immigration Policy, CATO
- When US Voters Legalize Pot they Hurt Mexican Cartels, qz
- Video: How Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Strengthened the Drug’s Black Market, PBS
INSTRUCTIONS
By the mid-week deadline, answer each of the questions/prompts below with 2 paragraphs using concepts from the text or your own research (be sure to cite correctly).
Questions
- What community policies could you see enacted or altered to address the safety concerns of cannabis use?
- What are the challenges of enacting or enforcing those policies?


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