Health literacy: Major factor in preventing youth cannabis use.

SUBSTANCE abuse prevention; PREVENTION of psychological stress; HEALTH education; CANNABIS (Genus); PSYCHOLOGY of college students; MENTAL health; HEALTH literacy; ADOLESCENT health; STUDENT attitudes; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; ADOLESCENCE

Amelia Arria, Ph.D., has focused her research on the impact of substance use and untreated mental health problems among college students specifically, and more broadly, on adolescents. Speaking at this month's annual leadership meeting of Community Anti‐Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), Arria, a professor in the school of public health at the University of Maryland, talked about the widespread misperceptions of cannabis among college students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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