A clinical toxicologist explains that when young people use drugs or other substances, they seek pleasure but don’t consider the consequences.
"There are very sad cases when young people start using cannabis. People in their twenties end up in the hospital, and they share that they began using cannabis at the age of 13 or 14, and not necessarily every day. But the consequences can be irreversible – for example, induced schizophrenia or some mental effect that will last for their entire life. Once the brain is damaged, the processes are irreversible. The parents of such individuals sit, cry, and ask – what should we do? It’s very difficult to say that there’s not much that can be done, because the brain has changed," says the doctor.

Gabija is interviewed by members of the Children’s Line Advisory Team, Ūla and Rusnė.