Pubdate: Mon, 30 May 2016
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2016 Simon Jensen
Contact:  http://www.thestar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456
Author: Simon Jensen
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n369/a01.html

OUR DISENGAGED TEENAGERS

Re: We must protect teenagers from new pot laws, Opinion May 26

Calvin White's well-articulated article on the proposed legalization
of marijuana informs us that, "Young habitual users are usually less
present, less motivated to excel, less comfortable with their natural
state, and less able to create meaningful engagement with peers and
studies."

Sadly, this is an all-too-accurate description of a teenager with his
cellphone. Do we really need another readily available drug to keep
our teens disengaged from the rest of the world?

Simon Jensen, Cobourg 
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