Marijuana Use : CampusHealthandSafety.org
Marijuana Use
Child Trends .
[2] http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/pdf/46_PDF.pdf
Child Trends is a 26-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by conducting research and providing science-based information to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children and their families. In addition to conducting its own research, Child Trends works with federal and state officials and other researchers to improve the quality, scope, and use of data on children and their families. The Marijuana Use section of this Web site discusses the importance of addressing the issue of marijuana use among users which include teens and to correct the perception among them that marijuana is not as harmful as other illicit drugs. This is highlighted by drawing attention to the consequences associated with its use like memory problems, anxiety attacks, and long-term effects like a weakened immune system, and cognitive deficits. Trends in marijuana use, differences by parental education, and gender are also discussed. In addition links are available to data on state, local and international estimates and the federal governments national goals in its Healthy People 2010 initiative to decrease the "proportion of adolescents reporting use of marijuana in the last 30 days" from 8.3 percent in 1998 (for ages 12-17) to 0.7 percent by 2010.
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Effective Prevention
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Environmental Change
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Other Drugs
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Other Drugs
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Street Drugs
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Other Drugs
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Street Drugs
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Marijuana
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Audiences
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Parents
[1]: http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/indicators/46MarijuanaUse.cfm
[2]: http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/pdf/46_PDF.pdf
[3]: http://hec.edc.org/effectiveprevention
[4]: http://hec.edc.org/effectiveprevention/environmentalchange
[5]: http://hec.edc.org/drugs
[6]: http://hec.edc.org/drugs
[7]: http://hec.edc.org/drugs/street-drugs
[8]: http://hec.edc.org/drugs
[9]: http://hec.edc.org/drugs/street-drugs
[10]: http://hec.edc.org/drugs/street-drugs/marijuana
[11]: http://hec.edc.org/audiences
[12]: http://hec.edc.org/audiences/parents