Among the twelve states that have legalized the use and cultivation of medical cannabis, all but one (New Mexico) have experienced an overall decline in teen marijuana use since the enactment of their medi-pot laws. (Data was unavailable for New Mexico, which passed its law last year.) In seven of the twelve states, marijuana use among young people declined at rates that exceeded the national average.Good news for medical Marijuana advocates.
Teen Pot Use Falling In States With Medical Marijuana
Submitted by Phusion on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 22:38
The good people at NORML have a story on the falling numbers of teens who use Marijuana in states with medical Marijuana laws. I can't explain it, it seems it would be easier to get, since the medical clubs make it so easy for patients to access their medicine. Here's a snip:
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IT'S TIME TO REMOVE ALL THE POLITICIANS THAT PROMOTE PROHIBITION.
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PROHIBITEDDRUGS ARE WAY
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Hey anonymous, you seem
Hey anonymous, you seem pretty passionate about this, would you like to work with Smokedot?
I completely agree. As a kid,
I completely agree. As a kid, it was always so much easier for us to get marijuana(illegal) than it was to get alcohol(legal). Prohibition just creates structures for distribution, which means that prohibited substance will frequently be much easier to obtain. It's a lost cause and lawmakers need to give it up.
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Yeah, that is true. The kids
Yeah, that is true. The kids around here can find Marijuana a lot easier than they can get someone to buy them booze. There's no age limit for illegal drugs. With any sense of sanity, the fed would legalize Marijuana and regulate it. Sell it to adults of 21 years of age and older and set up programs for those who need it for medicinal use. This is what a compassionate government would do, but instead its all tied to money and what industry would collapse or fail or lose profits if Marijuana was illegal. It's all a giant load of bullshit and we've all been waiting for the old guard (read: bible thumping closed minded republicans) to die off, so we can make some change.