Marijuana Doesn't Bother Young People, Study Suggests
Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/20/2016 - 10:53
As more states push to legalize marijuana, views of the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States are continuing to evolve, despite the substance still being classified as a Schedule I narcotic by the federal government. While the majority of Americans now favor legalizing the drug, there are some who believe passing medical marijuana laws “sends the wrong message” to young people by encouraging usage and minimizing risks. A common belief among socially conservative Republicans, this argument is being challenged by the nation’s up and coming leaders.
“We are gradually dismantling cannabis control infrastructures at the state level but so far, not the federal,” study author Lisa Schmidt, professor at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), told this reporter via email. “Federal action has tremendous potential to promote more permissive views on marijuana by symbolically giving state...
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