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Parenting Skills

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Published: April 2022
When someone – including a teenager – gets treatment for alcohol and substance abuse, it is standard practice to identify some of the reasons why they started using and the benefits they feel they get from these substances.
Entre la legalización, la normalización de marihuana en la cultura popular y las nuevas formas de consumirla (comestibles como dulces o golosinas, vaporizadores, concentrados), se está volviendo más complicado saber cómo empezar una conversación sobre el consumo de marihuana con sus hijos.
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