{"id":3683,"date":"2023-07-06T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/grown-ups-substance-use-is-a-key-ace-for-kids-leading-to-cannabis-use-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T01:12:00","slug":"grown-ups-substance-use-is-a-key-ace-for-kids-leading-to-cannabis-use-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/grown-ups-substance-use-is-a-key-ace-for-kids-leading-to-cannabis-use-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Grown ups\u2019 Substance use is a key ACE for Kids \u2013 Leading to Cannabis Use."},"content":{"rendered":"

Adverse childhood experiences are \u2018strong predictor\u2019 for adolescent cannabis use.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Young people who are exposed to adverse childhood experiences between the ages of 0 \u2013 12 years, including parental drug misuse, are at highest risk for developing problematic adolescent cannabis use as teenagers, according to a new study<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adverse childhood experiences (\u2018ACEs\u2019) considered included physical, emotional and sexual abuse, emotional neglect, bullying, parental substance use, violence between parents, parental mental health challenges, and a parent being convicted of a criminal offence.<\/p>\n

Risks for problematic adolescent cannabis use are highest for individuals reporting 4 or more ACEs, and were particularly raised for those with parental substance use or abuse <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For complete article<\/a>  <\/p>\n

(What are you modelling to your kids? Permission models such as legalisation of cannabis are only going to precipitate greater harms to already vulnerable Gen Now and Gen Next – #preventdontpromote) <\/p>\n

Also see <\/p>\n