{"id":2146,"date":"2011-11-11T17:56:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T17:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=8229"},"modified":"2011-11-11T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T17:56:33","slug":"study-indicates-that-legal-marijuana-not-increasing-teen-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/study-indicates-that-legal-marijuana-not-increasing-teen-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Indicates That Legal Marijuana Not Increasing Teen Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/study-indicates-that-legal-marijuana-not-increasing-teen-use\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"248\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/teens.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"teens\" title=\"teens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8230\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/study-indicates-that-legal-marijuana-not-increasing-teen-use\/attachment\/teens\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/teens.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a>Convenience stores sell cigarettes and beer but 7-11 has not been blamed for teenage smoking and drinking.\u00a0 Availability is not the only criteria when assessing use.\u00a0 Even though teens may walk by or even into establishments with these products, there are fail safes for preventing the sale to minors.\u00a0 Most notably is an ID and harsh penalties for adults who provide these products to under aged individuals.<\/p>\n<p>While hard data is hard to come by for alcohol consumption during the prohibition era (bootleggers did not exactly provide itemized lists of sales to the IRS) most experts agree that a similar level of drinking occurred before during and after prohibition.\u00a0 It appears a parallel is emerging with marijuana prohibition in the United States.\u00a0 A recent study conducted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brown.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown University<\/a> by Dr. Esther Choo has shown no connection between legalized marijuana states and increased teenage use.\u00a0 Dr. Choo analyzed and compared data between Rhode Island (where medical marijuana is legal) and Massachusetts (a state without a medical marijuana program).\u00a0 She selected these states specifically because of their socio\/economic\/ethnic similarities.\u00a0 The rate of teenage use was unchanged in Rhode Island and was almost identical to Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Choo had this to say about medical marijuana patients \u201c Whether they are taking it for pain or for vomiting control or appetite, this is not a group we think of as superinspiring for young people to take up their drug pattern. It&#8217;s an older population who is generally very ill.\u201d\u00a0 Basically, people using marijuana for back pain and nausea may not be the hip group that will motivate teens to smoke cannabis.\u00a0 Also, like alcohol and cigarettes, there are safety mechanisms in place to prevent access by teens.\u00a0 Most medical marijuana facilities are very aggressive in preventing individuals without prescriptions and cards from even entering their offices.\u00a0 Legalization alone does not permit unadulterated access to marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>This could be a rally point for advocates.\u00a0 As urban myths about marijuana fall one by one, critics are going to have to start accepting the hard data.\u00a0 This is not Dr. Choo\u2019s first study in this area.\u00a0 In actuality, this study confirms her findings in a 2006 study.\u00a0 Dr. Choo says she will move on to analyzing data from other states.\u00a0 If the trend of her findings continues, the teenage argument will take a serious hit and another barrier will be removed that prevents a truthful academic conversation about marijuana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"248\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/teens.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"teens\" title=\"teens\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8230\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/study-indicates-that-legal-marijuana-not-increasing-teen-use\/attachment\/teens\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/teens.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a>Convenience stores sell cigarettes and beer but 7-11 has not been blamed for teenage smoking and drinking.\u00a0 Availability is not the only criteria when assessing use.\u00a0 Even though teens may walk by or even into establishments with these products, there are fail safes for preventing the sale to minors.\u00a0 Most notably is an ID and harsh penalties for adults who provide these products to under aged individuals.<\/p>\n<p>While hard data is hard to come by for alcohol consumption during the prohibition era (bootleggers did not exactly provide itemized lists of sales to the IRS) most experts agree that a similar level of drinking occurred before during and after prohibition.\u00a0 It appears a parallel is emerging with marijuana prohibition in the United States.\u00a0 A recent study conducted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brown.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown University<\/a> by Dr. Esther Choo has shown no connection between legalized marijuana states and increased teenage use.\u00a0 Dr. Choo analyzed and compared data between Rhode Island (where medical marijuana is legal) and Massachusetts (a state without a medical marijuana program).\u00a0 She selected these states specifically because of their socio\/economic\/ethnic similarities.\u00a0 The rate of teenage use was unchanged in Rhode Island and was almost identical to Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Choo had this to say about medical marijuana patients \u201c Whether they are taking it for pain or for vomiting control or appetite, this is not a group we think of as superinspiring for young people to take up their drug pattern. It&#8217;s an older population who is generally very ill.\u201d\u00a0 Basically, people using marijuana for back pain and nausea may not be the hip group that will motivate teens to smoke cannabis.\u00a0 Also, like alcohol and cigarettes, there are safety mechanisms in place to prevent access by teens.\u00a0 Most medical marijuana facilities are very aggressive in preventing individuals without prescriptions and cards from even entering their offices.\u00a0 Legalization alone does not permit unadulterated access to marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>This could be a rally point for advocates.\u00a0 As urban myths about marijuana fall one by one, critics are going to have to start accepting the hard data.\u00a0 This is not Dr. Choo\u2019s first study in this area.\u00a0 In actuality, this study confirms her findings in a 2006 study.\u00a0 Dr. Choo says she will move on to analyzing data from other states.\u00a0 If the trend of her findings continues, the teenage argument will take a serious hit and another barrier will be removed that prevents a truthful academic conversation about marijuana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[199,2091,909,77,84,528,56,9,51,90,717,1,3],"tags":[2777,4659,3480,2655,2662,3102,2636,2631,2668,3290],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}