{"id":1649,"date":"2017-10-31T10:18:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T23:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/teenager-believes-legalization-of-cannabis-is-a-mistake\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:21","slug":"teenager-believes-legalization-of-cannabis-is-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/teenager-believes-legalization-of-cannabis-is-a-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager believes legalization of cannabis is a mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jos\u00e9 Lagani\u00e8re |&nbsp;VAT News|&nbsp;Published October 25, 2017&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even though she is now 17, Jessika already knows the serious repercussions that drug and alcohol use can have on a life.&nbsp;She says legalizing marijuana in Canada is a big mistake.<\/p>\n<p>The last few years have not been easy for Jessika.&nbsp;After smoking her first pot joint when she was only 11, she then fell into alcohol and other harder drugs.&nbsp;Powerless, her parents witnessed this drift until a six-month therapy at the Portage Center finally came back on track.<\/p>\n<p>With the forthcoming legalization of marijuana, Jessika and her mother are extremely worried about the harmful effects of this measure.&nbsp;&#8220;I saw lots of people scrap, people in psychosis, I saw all the colors and all the people who consumed with me started with pot and then switch to other drugs&#8221; , she told TVA News.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.ca\/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=fr&amp;u=http:\/\/www.tvanouvelles.ca\/2017\/10\/25\/une-adolescente-croit-que-la-legalisation-du-cannabis-est-une-erreur&amp;prev=search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button\">For more<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.ca\/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=fr&amp;u=http:\/\/www.tvanouvelles.ca\/2017\/10\/25\/une-adolescente-croit-que-la-legalisation-du-cannabis-est-une-erreur&amp;prev=search\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jos\u00e9 Lagani\u00e8re |&nbsp;VAT News|&nbsp;Published October 25, 2017&nbsp; Even though she is now 17, Jessika already knows the serious repercussions that drug and alcohol use can have on a life.&nbsp;She says legalizing marijuana in Canada is a big mistake. 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