According to the federally funded Monitoring the Future Survey,“Marijuana has been almost universally available to American high schoolseniors over at least the past 28 years.” Since 1972 marijuana use by teenagers has increased from 14% to todaywhere 16% of 8th graders and 45% of 12th graders have tried pot. Incontrast, daily cigarette use by high school seniors has declined from 27%in 1975 to 16% in 2004! Credible education — as opposed to exaggerated claims — actuallyworks! Prohibition makes things worse: more availability, more violence,unidentifiable and possibly impure drugs, and a system that exploitsteens to enrich drug dealers. Quotes and Stats Published in the Rocky Mountain News October 21, 2006
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