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Hawley, Richard A. – Independent School, 1978
Popular culture now considers marijuana harmless, but research shows it has definite physiological and neurological effects, effacing memory and attention and producing cell damage and learning deficits. Young people turn to pot to escape the emotional pressures of adolescence. Parents and schools can help adolescents by setting firm prohibitions.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Biochemistry, Drug Abuse
