Marijuana and the Teenage Brain — Parent Movement 2.0

Marijuana and the Teenage Brain

The teenage brain can be easily damaged by marijuana. We now know the adolescent brain is developing well into the mid-20s - generally considered age 26. This phase of neural growth is now understood to be a unique stage of human development. we see significant differences between the adult brain and developing brains of 12-17 year olds and 18-25 year olds.

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Parent Movement 2.0

Why a pledge?

A pledge launched the first Parent Movement in the 1980s, but we’ve also found this pledge helps parents find a common thread through what they believe about substances and how they want to parent relative to substances.

Today there are so many priorities and so many things we have to parent; and it’s different for every family. Parents can use the common understanding found in the “I’m in” Pledge with their families and among friends.