Cannabis has been legal in Canada for nearly six months, but educators and parents still have plenty of questions about how to talk about toking with teens. It's a topic that Dr. Muffy Greenaway, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, deals with all the time in her practice. "Daily use of cannabis floods the receptors in the brain that then alter the neurons." Conversations should include both the pros and cons about cannabis use so that discussions don't become polarized, Dr. Muffy Greenaway says. (Credit: Getty Images)It's not always easy to deter cannabis use simply by pushing the danger message.

Source: CBC News March 17, 2019 16:52 UTC