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Cannabis Education after Legalization
by Roger Bluteau Roger Bluteau have a ProfessionalAs we know that cannabis has been
legalized in Canada and a few states in America, ever since its legalization a
strong need is being felt for cannabis education for parents as well as youths. Maybe
education targeting youth is far more important and urgent, which is to save
them from all the harms of cannabis. Recent studies have shown that the rate of
use of cannabis in youth has come down in recent years but is still high when
compared to other age groups. Although these results are not the same
everywhere for example in Canada there is no increase as such in consumption
after legalization but in the USA there is a slight increase in cannabis in the
last decade with every third student under 18 having used it once before 18
years of age. But irrespective of the surveys one thing is sure that cannabis
is quite a popular drug in youth so educating them, especially after its
legalization is of utmost importance so that risk or harm from it can be
minimized.
Recently there has been a shift in
the approach of people and regulatory bodies who work in preventing the use of
substance abuse from all or nothing approach to minimizing harm to those who
are into substance abuse. This harm-reduction orientation Is based on health
equity and human rights for people who use drugs. Harm reduction involves a range of
strengths-based and health-promoting policies and practices, which seek to
address the adverse health, social and economic factors that contribute to
substance use harms. In addition, it is based on the understanding that many of
the harms of substance use are socially determined and unequally distributed,
requiring solutions grounded in social justice. Moreover, a harm reduction
approach prioritizes the expertise of people who use substances in defining
what is best for them and their communities within the context of interventions
and policies.
Cannabis education can be imparted at
cannabis events, which are now very common worldwide. although in the last 2
years because of the covid pandemic there has been very few faces to face
cannabis events but as the things stand as of now all event planners and
players in the industry are planning many cannabis events this year. Taking
into account the participation of youth in these events, cannabis events can be
used as a great platform for cannabis education.
There are many programs run at the
school level and at other places too, to stop youth from any kind of substance
abuse or drug abuse. But despite these programs, there has not been any
significant downfall in several youths doing substance abuse. This
harm-reduction program or approach surely has the potential to overcome all the
shortfalls of existing drug use eradication programs that are run with the
approach of all or nothing.
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