The Teenage Brain: Stress, Coping, and Natural Highs

An interesting article by Matt Bellace, PhD Speaker, Psychologist and Comedian

During a workshop that I was facilitating on marijuana and the teen brain, a high school sophomore said to me, “I take Ritalin on weekdays for attention, but go off it on the weekends because that’s when I smoke weed.” I asked him, “Are you saying that you’ve got a mind-altering substance in your brain every day?” He answered with a concerned look, “Do you think I should get off the Ritalin?”   Read more …