Module: THC and Adolescents
The primary purpose of this manual is to provide specific strategies for teachers and service providers to counsel adolescents about the effects of marijuana use in a way that makes them receptive to the information offered by the provider. This is through a psychoeducation process presented in a structured, non-imposing manner.
- Psychoeducate students, in a structured and interesting way, about the effects of marijuana.
- Offer students/adolescents the opportunity to learn about and discuss marijuana and its effects on the brain.
- Establish the difference between myths and realities regarding the information being provided about marijuana and its effects.
- Allow safe spaces of dialogue for students/adolescents to express their concerns and questions regarding marijuana use and its effects.
