So we focus on
two components with parents that may minimize, or not necessarily see the high
risk of marijuana use, and two that can't be really disputed. One, it's
illegal, and so there are consequences, and pretty significant consequences for
adolescents who do get caught, or who are using, and two, we know that research
indicates it impacts the brain development, and brains are not fully 100% until
the age of 20, 21. And so when they're using marijuana, it is impacting their
brain development, especially youth that are engaging in it recurrent.
