Two charts that show why the case for legalising marijuana just got stronger

America's high school students are using drugs and alcohol at or near the lowest levels on record

America's high school students are using drugs and alcohol at or near the lowest levels on record, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2015 Monitoring the Future Survey, conducted by the University of Michigan and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) since 1975, found that past-year use of alcohol and illicit drugs other than marijuana continued their two-decade-long decline among America's 8th-, 10th- and 12th-graders.

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Teen marijuana use has fallen slightly over the past five years, at a time when four states and the District of Columbia have legalised marijuana and 23 others allow medical use.

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