Letter to My Readers: Why We Can No Longer Stay Silent
Dear Community,
Usually, this space is dedicated to the beauty of Islamic pedagogy, the structure of our curricula, and the nurturing of our children’s spiritual lives. But today, I need to talk to you about a crisis that is unfolding right outside our front doors—one that is reaching into our homes and affecting our young men at an alarming rate.
We talk often about the preservation of the 'Aql (the intellect). It is one of the foundational goals of our faith. Yet, in the current Canadian landscape, the intellect of our youth is under a unique and devastating threat.
Since legalization, the landscape of our neighborhoods has changed. There are dispensaries on every corner—often more frequent than the coffee shops we frequent. But behind the bright neon signs and the "safe" marketing is a clinical reality that no one is talking about: Cannabis-induced psychosis.
ER admissions for this condition have surged. We are seeing young men—our sons, our students—entering states of total psychological break because the high-potency THC products sold today are far beyond what the human brain was meant to handle.
Why am I writing about this here? Because a curriculum that only teaches our children how to pray and fast, without teaching them how to navigate a world that markets "legal poison" as "harmless fun," is an incomplete curriculum. We cannot protect the hearts of our youth if we ignore the fire that is consuming their minds.
Over the next few weeks, I will be running a special series called "The Green Silence." We will look at the statistics, the failure of the medical community to sound the alarm, and what we, as parents and educators, must do to protect the next generation.
This isn't just a "drug issue." It is a battle for the preservation of the mind.
I hope you’ll walk this path with me.
With concern and hope,
Um Yuunus
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