Schools are getting ready for legal cannabis starting this Wednesday.
They plan on implementing more education around the use of cannabis and its effects on youth.
Superintendent Donna Davidson says overall not much will change in the Mountain View School Division.
“We will treat cannabis use as we do alcohol. It’s illegal, obviously, for children under the age of 19 to possess or consume cannabis. We will follow those regulations and those requirements and our student code of conduct. So where we have, in our student code of conduct, where we have rules around alcohol use we will now include wording ‘alcohol use, cannabis, and illicit drugs.’”
“We would also be providing education around the use of cannabis and the effects it has on the mind of young adults. The current physical education health curriculum has information on substance abuse and its effects. So we will continue to implement those programs. The province and government have provided additional resources for schools which we will use in our classrooms to educate students around cannabis use and it’s effects.”
There aren't a lot of 19-year-old students, so, like alcohol, it will still be illegal for the majority of students attending the school division.
