Opening Lines of Communication

Your Child Tells You That Marijuana is a Natural Product

There might be a time when your child argues that marijuana is natural. Here are some possible responses:

• “Arsenic (a natural poison) and poison ivy are “natural” too, but I don’t want you ingesting those either. Don’t forget, marijuana is illegal. You can go to a juvenile detention center and lose your driver’s license.”
  
• “Everything natural is not good for you … marijuana is one of those things, right up there with tobacco.”

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