There’s a big difference between yesterday’s low THC products and today’s ultra-high THC products and strains. Yet, misinformation persists, increasing risks and harms, particularly for kids and young adults whose brains are still developing.

There is a big difference between decriminalization, legalization, and commercialization (allowing commercial production and sales, without adequate safeguards).

The past war on drugs unfairly targeted communities of color and the nation’s drug policies should address that. However, marijuana commercialization disproportionately hurts neighborhoods of color and the young people growing up there, creating new inequities.

The words “marijuana” and/or “cannabis” don’t adequately describe today’s new high THC products, which include kid-friendly easily concealable forms like dissolvable powders, vapes, inhalers, suppositories or marijuana concentrates that can reach THC potencies of 98%.