Speak Up, Just Say No Doesn’t Work
The teen brain is actively developing and will not be fully developed until the mid-20s. Marijuana use during this period may harm the developing teen brain.
Is the marijuana industry preying on kids? (article here)
Cannabis and Race (article here)
“I’m in the industry because when I met my brother in 1999, and he told me that he was doing ten years for possession of cannabis, I didn’t believe him,” Wanda says. “All my friends got high, and I had never known anybody to get arrested. That being said, my friends were upper, middle-class to wealthy. We would be sitting on the front steps of the dormitory rolling joints and the Colorado University police would walk by and say, ‘Hey guys, put that away.’ Nobody got arrested.”
Parents and Prevention (article here)
Common signs of marijuana use:
Acting very silly and out of character for no reason
Using new words and phrases like "sparking up," "420," "dabbing," and "shatter"
Having increased irritability
Losing interest in and motivation to do usual activities.
Spending time with peers that use marijuana
Having trouble remembering things that just happened
Carrying pipes, lighters, vape pens, or rolling papers
Coming home with red eyes and/or urges to eat outside of usual mealtimes
Stealing money or having money that cannot be accounted for
‘Got to Get You into my Life’ (1966)
This song written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Is an homage to the Motown Sound, with loud brass instrumentation and lyrics that suggest a psychedelic experience. It's actually an ode to pot, explained McCartney
youtube.com/watch?v=r95-7zfgtLw (sing along)
I was alone, I took a ride I didn't know what I would find there Another road where maybe I Could see another kind of mind there Ooh, then I suddenly see you Ooh, did I tell you I need you Every single day of my life
You didn't run, you didn't hide And had you gone, you knew in time We'd meet again for I had told you Ooh, you were meant to be near me Ooh, and I want you to hear me Say we'll be together every day Got to get you into my life
What can I do, what can I be When I'm with you I want to stay there If I'm true I'll never leave And if I do I know the way there Ooh, then I suddenly see you Ooh, did I tell you I need you Every single day of my life Got to get you into my life
I was alone, I took a ride I didn't know what I would find there Another road where maybe I Could see another kind of mind there Ooh, then I suddenly see you Ooh, did I tell you I need you Every single day.
(2011) Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars
youtu.be/KEddeCFhExA (sing along)
This is a single by rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa, from their comedy Mac and Devin Go to High School. The song features Pop singer Bruno Mars crooning the hook. The collaboration started when the stoner pair got together for a " Black and Yellow " remix.
So what we get drunk So what we smoke weed We're just having fun We don't care who sees So what we go out That's how it's supposed to be Living young and wild and free
Uh, uh huh So what I keep 'em rolled up Saggin' my pants not caring what I show Keep it real with my niggas Keep it player for the hoes And look clean don't it? Washed it the other day, watch how you lean on it Give me some 501's jeans on and roll joints bigger than King Kong's fingers And smoke them hoes down 'till they stingers You a class clown and if I skip for the day I'm with you bitch smokin' grade A
You know what? It's like I'm seventeen again Peach fuzz on my face Lookin', on the case Tryna find a hella taste Oh My God, I'm on the chase Chevy, its gettin' kinda heavy, relevant, sellin' it Dippin' away, time keep slippin' away Zip in the safe, flippin' for pay Tippin' like I'm drippin' in paint Up front four blunts, like "Khalifa put the weed in a J"
So what we get drunk So what we smoke weed We're just having fun We don't care who sees So what we go out That's how it's supposed to be Living young and wild and free