September 17, 2014
Blurb
Ever since recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado in January, public health officials have faced an unprecedented challenge: explaining to teens why they shouldn't smoke weed even though it's legal for their parents to do so.
Surveys and focus groups the state conducted prior to launching the campaign suggest that some teens didn't have a clue that smoking marijuana could hurt them, Sukle says. "Because of medical marijuana, a lot of kids thought it cured cancer. They really started thinking there was no harm to it."
Read more: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/17/348997416/colorado-tries-hard...
Surveys and focus groups the state conducted prior to launching the campaign suggest that some teens didn't have a clue that smoking marijuana could hurt them, Sukle says. "Because of medical marijuana, a lot of kids thought it cured cancer. They really started thinking there was no harm to it."
Read more: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/17/348997416/colorado-tries-hard...