Pot Survey Fires Up Debate Over Messages to Youths

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In 2010, American teens' past-month use of marijuana rose high enough to eclipse their use of cigarettes, according to a national report on teen substance abuse - a finding that the White House and public-health officials blamed in part on drug-legalization efforts.

The growing popularity of marijuana - possibly fueled by the idea that "marijuana is medicine" - alarms national leaders who point to the drug's side effects and its role as a "gateway drug."

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Pot Survey Fires Up Debate Over Messages to Youths

Not only does marijuana use adversely affect learning, judgment and motor skills in developing minds, "but research tells us that about one in six people who start using it as adolescents become addicted," said Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of t...

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