YSS Teen Workshop — Be Your Strength: Stress, Coping, and Wellness

During adolescence, youth experience a variety of changes: physical, social, emotional, and mental. As youth navigate their day, they may experience stressors from school to peers to family. Some youth may turn to e-cigarettes and/or cannabis vapes to relieve stress and as a coping mechanism.

This lesson will review stress, how to manage stress in a healthy way, and ways to support a friend who is dealing with stress, with the ultimate goal of helping you not turn to cannabis to reduce your stress.

Presented in partnership with Ames Public Library and YSS.