When you discover your child is using cannabis/THC/marijuana daily, your first instinct may be to panic and forbid it completely (which, spoiler alert, usually backfires). What does help is to educate yourself first on what cannabis actually does to the developing brain, so you’re starting from a place of accurate knowledge. The marijuana of today is not the same product it was when you were in high school or college. Try asking curious questions about what they get from using marijuana – managing anxiety and fitting in socially, helping with ADHD, etc. – and recognize your child probably thinks of it as a solution to a problem, not THE problem.
