Acknowledge that marijuana is more dangerous for youth
Re: “Edibles popular to relieve stress of election,” Nov. 22 business story
This informative article from The New York Times focuses on the increased use of edibles to relieve stress during the pandemic and 2020 election cycle. The article is arguably geared toward adults, suggesting edibles may be safer than smoking or vaping.
However, adults reading the article may have teens or young adults and may not know how differently young people are affected. By drawing the general conclusion that edibles are safer, parents may not discuss, or adequately discuss, with their children the potentially harmful effects of edibles on the developing brains of young people.
Young people, including teens of voting age, reading the article, may assume self-medicating with edibles is safe for relieving stress.
Only the last paragraph of the article mentions one potential risk — that it can take hours for the psychoactive effects of consuming edibles to be noticeable, causing potential overconsumption to speed up the process. The article fails to mention edibles can contain different potencies of THC, which influences how the product interacts with the brain.
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