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With The Rise Of Legal Weed, Drug Education Moves From 'Don't' to 'Delay'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

California entered the brave, new world of marijuana legalization in 2018. And it's impossible to ignore. There are new dispensaries opening, even billboards¹ advertising² weed delivery apps. So what do you tell the kids? And what are they saying in schools? Here's KQED's Carrie Feibel.

CARRIE FEIBEL, BYLINE³: I'm from Generation X. So when I hear the words drug education, I hear Nancy Reagan.

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NANCY REAGAN: When it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say no.

FEIBEL: Those three words summed up years of messaging. And then there was this ad.

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JOHN ROSELIUS: This is your brain on drugs.

FEIBEL: That one with the fried egg has been spoofed endlessly. And it sort of was a joke, says Danielle Ramo of UC, San Francisco.

DANIELLE RAMO: Those scare-tactic based programs have tended to quite clearly not work.

FEIBEL: The research has shown that kids who went through those Just-Say-No-type programs did drugs just as much as kids who didn't. But these days, drug education focuses on facts instead of fear. I got a glimpse of that at Marin Primary and Middle School in a suburb north of San Francisco.

ASHLEY BRADY: What's today's topic?

UNIDENTIFIED STUDENTS: Marijuana.

BRADY: Marijuana - yeah. Marijuana - exactly.

FEIBEL: That's Ashley Brady warming up the crowd of eighth-graders. She starts off by dismissing the old approach.

BRADY: So that campaign was really all about just say no, just say no, OK? But I'm not here to tell you what to do today. I'm here to give you the most up-to-date information possible so that you can make your own healthy, informed decisions.

FEIBEL: Brady jumps in right away, discussing how marijuana affects brain receptors, why it's so easy to overdose on edibles⁴ and how manufacturers are churning out entirely⁵ new types of pot called concentrates.

BRADY: And on the right are the concentrates, the shatters, the waxes, the dabs⁷, OK? They call it a dab⁶ because one tiny, little nailhead - I mean, I'm talking, like, the end of my pinky - one, tiny, little nailhead is the same as, like, three joints⁸ hitting the system all at once. OK? So it's a lot stronger than it used to be.

FEIBEL: And yes, it can be addictive⁹. But Brady never once says don't do it. It's more like she's saying, at the very least, don't do it now and not just because pot is still illegal if you're under 21. It's because your brain, the teenage brain, is still growing. So the longer you delay, the less damage you will inflict¹⁰. Afterwards, 13-year-old Devon Soofer says it was a pleasant surprise not to get a lecture.

DEVON SOOFER: This one was actually telling you the long-term effects and what it can actually do to you. So it actually make you feel like, wow. This is actually really bad - and not just being forced not to do it.

FEIBEL: This curriculum is called Being Adept¹¹. And it was started by a Bay Area psychotherapist named Jennifer Grellman. A key part, says Grellman, are the parent nights when she gives advice on how to talk about drugs and alcohol with kids. She says to remember that the kids are always watching you.

JENNIFER GRELLMAN: This idea of coming home from the office and saying, I've got to have my glass of wine, you know, women and men. How many people have done that? It's, like, if you want have your glass of wine, have your glass of wine. But don't announce it that you're just on wit's end, and you have to have this drink. That's crazy.

FEIBEL: I keep comparing all this to Just Say No. It was simplistic and condescending¹². But it did have a concise¹³ slogan. Grellman says the new drug ed can also be summed up in three words.

GRELLMAN: Delay, delay, delay - because the longer they wait, their brain's developed, and they're not going to have these deleterious effects.

FEIBEL: That's it. Delay, delay, delay. The longer the better, but every year counts because the research shows that the earlier you use drugs, the more likely you are to have substance abuse problems as an adult.

GRELLMAN: And the way to handle that with your kids is to say, you know, you don't have to use this now. Maybe you want to use it someday but not today - not now. It will always be there. Just tell them to wait.

FEIBEL: For NPR News, I'm Carrie Feibel in San Francisco.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: This story is part of a reporting partnership¹⁴ with NPR, KQED and Kaiser Health News.

1 billboards   

n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
• Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号

2 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 edibles   

可以吃的，可食用的( edible的名词复数 )； 食物

参考例句：

• They freely offered for sale what edibles they had. 他们很自愿地把他们的一点点可吃的东西卖给我们。
• Our edibles the wild vegetable. 我们只能吃野菜。

5 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

6 dab   

v.轻触，轻拍，轻涂；n.(颜料等的)轻涂

参考例句：

• She returned wearing a dab of rouge on each cheekbone.她回来时，两边面颊上涂有一点淡淡的胭脂。
• She gave me a dab of potatoes with my supper.她给我晚饭时，还给了一点土豆。

7 dabs   

少许( dab的名词复数 )； 是…能手； 做某事很在行； 在某方面技术熟练

参考例句：

• Each of us had two dabs of butter. 我们每人吃了两小块黄油。
• He made a few dabs at the fence with the paint but didn't really paint it. 他用颜料轻刷栅栏，但一点也没刷上。

8 joints   

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

9 addictive   

adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的

参考例句：

• The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
• Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。

10 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。

11 adept   

adj.老练的，精通的

参考例句：

• When it comes to photography,I'm not an adept.要说照相，我不是内行。
• He was highly adept at avoiding trouble.他十分善于避开麻烦。

12 condescending   

adj.谦逊的,故意屈尊的

参考例句：

• He has a condescending attitude towards women. 他对女性总是居高临下。
• He tends to adopt a condescending manner when talking to young women. 和年轻女子说话时，他喜欢摆出一副高高在上的姿态。

13 concise   

adj.简洁的，简明的

参考例句：

• The explanation in this dictionary is concise and to the point.这部词典里的释义简明扼要。
• I gave a concise answer about this.我对于此事给了一个简要的答复。

14 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。