Marijuana 'Low-Risk,' Say Youths at Juvenile Hall in Drug Use Study
More than half of 123 minors interviewed at Juvenile Hall used marijuana as their first illegal substance and consider it to be less harmful than other drugs, according to a report issued by the San Diego Association of Governments.
Read SANDAG report: 2015 Juvenile Arrestee Drug Use in the San Diego Region. (PDF)Of the juvenile arrestees who took part in the survey, 56 percent said marijuana was the first drug they took, up from 34 percent in 2007. On the other hand, SANDAG data showed that youths’ first-time use of alcohol as a “gateway” substance fell from 39 percent in 2007 to 26 percent last year.
Only 18 percent of respondents said marijuana would be extremely or very bad for the user, compared to 41 percent for alcohol, and 69 percent for tobacco.
“What we are learning from our research is that there is a growing acceptance of marijuana...
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