Hop on the Bandwagon!

Not only does having activities, assemblies, and classes concerning the bad affects of weed help students relate and have experiences they'll never forget, but it also allows non-students to get the message as well. If you think of teenagers you think of gossip, especially amongst teenage girls. So they talk... A LOT, and about everything under the sun. Therefore, if they see a jail or do some type of activity that teaches them about weed and is interesting, they will talk about it with their friends. Then their friends will talk about it with their other friends and so on. And of course we can't forget about the ever-prevalent peer pressure that's always lurking about where kids will go jump off a bridge if all their friends are doing it. However, in this case the peer pressure would be good. If kids are talking about their experience that they learned in class about weed, then other kids will think, "well if she/he's not doing it then I shouldn't either". It's sort of a "Hop on the Bandwagon" kind of thing. Basically kids follow kids because they want to be cool or whatever. But if it keeps them from using then by all means.