Legalization Of Marijuana Helping To Win The War On Drugs

42,000 students from about 400 schools participated in this year’s study which shows that all drug abuse from alcohol to meth is significantly lower, but one drug has increased, Marijuana.  With more access to marijuana provided by new state laws allowing the drug for medical treatment may be a factor, according to the report from the National Institutes of Health.

This study shows that 6.5% of high school seniors are smoking marijuana daily compared with 6% 10 years ago and and only 2.4% in 1993. 4% of 10th graders said they smoke marijuana every day and 18% within the last 30 days. About 23% of seniors in high school said they smoked marijuana in the last 30 days.

According to the “Monitoring the Future” survey, an increase of teens are smoking marijuana mainly because there is little to no health risks from regular use. Less than 40 percent of 12th...

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