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Drug Education Should Reflect Reality Not Deny It
[Fact: Drugs are pervasive in our society and, one way or another, adolescents will be exposed to mind-altering substances.] It is an unmistakable reality that a significant number of high school...
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Breaking News: Medicinal Cannabis Laws Have No Discernable Adverse Impact On...
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Study: Medical Marijuana Legalization Is Not Accompanied By Increases In Teen...
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Latest Media Buzz Regarding Pot’s Potential Impact On IQ Misses The Bigger Issue
The mainstream press has been abuzz in recent days regarding the findings of a recent study suggesting that early-onset, persistent cannabis exposure by those under age 18 could potentially pose...
View ArticleStudy: Medical Cannabis Laws Not Associated With Increased Use By Adolescents
The enactment of state laws legalizing the physician-recommended use of cannabis therapy is not associated with increased levels of marijuana use by young people, according to data published online in...
View ArticleStudy: Legalized Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Impact Teen Use Rates
The passage of state laws legalizing the physician-recommended possession and consumption of cannabis by qualified patients has not led to an increase in adolescents’ use of the plant, according to a...
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Study: Changes In State Marijuana Laws Not Associated With Greater Acceptance...
The use of marijuana by younger adolescents is falling while their perceived disapproval of cannabis use is rising, according to data published this week in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol...
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Study: Adolescent Marijuana Use Not Associated With Health Problems In Early...
Marijuana use by adolescents, including self-reported chronic use, is not associated with adverse health effects later in life, according to an assessment of longitudinal data published in the journal...
View ArticleWashington: Marijuana Law Changes Not Associated With Increased Teen Use
Changes in marijuana laws are not associated with increased use of the substance by teens, according to data compiled by Washington’ Healthy Youth Survey and published by the Washington State Institute...
View ArticleStudies: Fewer Teens Using Marijuana, Younger Adolescents More Likely To...
Self-reported use of marijuana by high-school students is significantly lower today than it was 15 years ago, according to an analysis of CDC data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence....
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Study: Rates Of Problematic Cannabis Use Falling Among Teens
Fewer adolescents are consuming cannabis; among those who do, fewer are engaging in problematic use of the plant, according to newly published data in the Journal of the American Academy of Child &...
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CDC: Young People Say Marijuana Is Becoming Less Available
Prohibitionists often claim that legalizing and regulating marijuana will increase youth access to the plant. But newly released federal data says just the opposite. Fewer young people are reporting...
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Studies: Changes In Marijuana’s Legal Status Not Associated With Increased...
Changes in marijuana’s legal status under state law is not associated with increased cannabis use or with its perceived availability by young people, according to pair of recently published studies. In...
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Study: Marijuana Retailers Not Selling To Youth
Age restrictions in legal marijuana states are effectively keeping cannabis out of the hands of minors, according to newly published data in the Journal of Studies of Alcohol and Drugs. A team of...
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Marijuana Use Continues Rapid Decline Among Younger Teens
Self-reported marijuana use continues to fall among younger teens, according to federally commissioned, nationwide survey data compiled by the University of Michigan. Results from the 2016 edition of...
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Study: No Increase In Problematic Cannabis Use Following Passage Of Medical...
The enactment of medical marijuana laws is not associated with increased rates of problematic cannabis use, according to data published online in the journal Addiction. Columbia University...
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Study: No Increase In Problematic Cannabis Use By Young People Following...
Yet another study has once again affirmed that the regulation of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes is not associated with increases in problematic cannabis use by young people. Writing in...
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Federal Survey: Youth Marijuana Use Continues To Decline
Fewer young people today identify as current users of cannabis as compared to 2002, according to national survey data released today by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse...
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Study: Perceived Marijuana Access Declining Among Youth
The percentage of young people who believe that they can readily access marijuana has fallen significantly since 2002, according to data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Studies on...
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Study: Marijuana Use Not Linked With Reduced Motivation
Neither the occasional nor the heavy use of marijuana by adolescents is associated with decreased motivation, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the journal Substance Use...
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