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Marijuana use continues to rise among U.S. teens, while alcohol use hits historic lows. Among the more important findings from this year’s Monitoring the Future survey of U.S. secondary school students are the following: ~ Marijuana use among teens rose in 2011 for the fourth straight year—a sharp contrast to the considerable decline that had occurred in the preceding decade. Daily marijuana use is now at a 30-year peak level among high school seniors. ~ “Synthetic marijuana,” which until earlier this year was legally sold and goes by such names as “K2” and “spice,” was added to the study’s coverage in 2011; one in every nine high school seniors (11.4%) reported using that drug in the prior 12 months. ~ Alcohol use—and, importantly, occasions of heavy drinking—continued a long-term gradual decline among teens, reaching historically low levels in 2011. ~ Energy drinks are being consumed by about one third of teens, with use highest among younger teens. http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/11drugpr_complete.pdf |
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| When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche “How fortunate for those in power that people never think.”
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| Henry |
| December 15, 2011, 1:15pm |
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How is this possible, we have a war on drugs that were supposed to end this  |
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| 55tbird |
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How is this possible, we have a war on drugs that were supposed to end this
Legalize them... Use the money from the "war on drugs" for anti-drug education and treatment for abusers. 50 Years of the war hasn't stopped them from coming in. Let corporations put the Mexicans out of business. We should have learned our lesson with Prohibition. |
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| Henry |
| December 15, 2011, 1:47pm |
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Legalize them... Use the money from the "war on drugs" for anti-drug education and treatment for abusers.
50 Years of the war hasn't stopped them from coming in. Let corporations put the Mexicans out of business.
We should have learned our lesson with Prohibition.
Agreed, sad part is more people died from the war on drugs then the drugs themselves. Education has proven to work in many cases and I believe it could work here. |
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| December 15, 2011, 2:03pm |
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Prohibition never works................I think the total cost so far excedes $1 trillion!...........  |
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| A Better Rotterdam |
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I agree with the above, prohibition is the reason we have such ridiculously high prison rates, and still have tons of users. If peolple want to smoke weed, leave them alone, this is a free country right? |
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