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Teen Marijuana Use

Teens Pick Pot Over Cigarettes

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 05.14.2013 | Teen
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SEATTLE -- Washington high school students who participated in a statewide survey say they are twice as likely to smoke marijuana as cigarettes, and t...

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Teen Marijuana Use: How Concerned Should We Be?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 04.12.2013 | Parents
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Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Is there a familiar aroma emanating from your kid's room? Do you shake your head and ignore it thinking, "Hey, I got high when I was a teen and I turned out OK, right?" Well, think again.

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Can Our Experience With Tobacco and Alcohol Teach Us How to Protect Children From Pot if Marijuana Is Legalized?

Sue Rusche | Posted 11.10.2012 | Politics
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Sue Rusche

If marijuana is legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol, we will repeat history -- and allow a commercial marijuana industry to literally dumb down the precious minds of generations of children.

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Nearly 1 In 5 High Schoolers Drink, Smoke, Use Drugs During School

Posted 08.23.2012 | Home
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About 17 percent of American high school students are drinking, smoking or using drugs during the school day, according to a new study by the National...

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Do Medical Marijuana Laws Turn Teens Into Potheads?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.12.2013 | Science
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Marijuana use among teens has been on the rise for some time--it's become more popular than smoking cigarettes in recent years--but a provocative new ...

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Rise in Teen Marijuana Use Demonstrates Continued Failure of War on Drugs

Jag Davies | Posted 07.02.2012 | Crime
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Jag Davies

The continued decline in teen cigarette smoking is great news -- not just because it's the most deadly drug but also because it reveals that legal regulation and honest education are more effective than prohibition and criminalization.

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New Report Reveals Rise In Teen Marijuana Use

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 07.02.2012 | Parents
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WASHINGTON -- More teens are smoking dope, with nearly 1 in 10 lighting up at least 20 or more times a month, according to a new survey of young peopl...

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Top Ten Cannabis Science Stories of 2011

Russ Belville | Posted 02.28.2012 | Green
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Russ Belville

Today we continue our Year-End Retrospective with a look at the biggest news stories of scientific research into cannabis, public opinion polls on legalization, and statistical research on cannabis consumers.

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Suthers Calls Teen Marijuana Survey Findings 'Concerning'

Posted 12.15.2011 | Denver
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The lure of alcohol and cigarettes among teens has found a competitor this year: marijuana. And it's a finding that everybody should be concerned abou...

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Teens Aren't Drinking As Much, Guess What They're Doing Instead

AP | By TIM MARTIN | Posted 02.14.2012 | Parents
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LANSING, Mich. -- More teens are turning to pot and see it as less of a risk at the same time alcohol use among the same age group has dipped to histo...

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