Ed Week
Opponents of legalizing marijuana have long contended that teenagers in states that have allowed the regulated sale of pot will rush to use it at higher rates than their peers elsewhere, despite age restrictions that should prevent their ability to purchase it. But new research released this week suggests that's not the case.
After analyzing data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey, collected between 1993 and 2011 when 16 states legalized medical use of marijuana, researchers concluded that there was no statistical indication that high school students in those states were significantly more likely to use marijuana than their peers in states where pot remained completely illegal.
