Parents are the best prevention’? Troubling assumptions in cannabis policy discourses in the context of legalization in Canada

Canada has announced that it will legalize cannabis on October 17, 2018, and as a result of this impending drug law reform, the need to develop prevention resources and drug education has emerged as a public concern and a policy priority. In this study we asked parents about the supports and resources they needed to inform their discussions about cannabis with their adolescent children, as well the challenges they faced in responding to cannabis use when they believed it had become problematic.