"Assemblyman Erik Simonsen, R-Cape May, is sponsoring a measure, A-5168, that would require schools to include age-appropriate instruction on how cannabis affects the brain, starting in the third grade."
But why stop there? Let's also include tobacco smoking and alcohol.
With marijuana now legal in New Jersey, the curiosity among kids is going to be higher than ever because it's being talked about more. If a child is going to decide to try it, they should know much more about it than what their friends are telling them, especially the ones who are trying to get them to try it.
There are some who believe that marijuana, alcohol and tobacco education is something that should be done by the parents, but how much do we really know about what they know about these things? Perhaps in some cases, if they knew more, they wouldn't have turned to those vices in the first place.