cannabisnews.com: Pot Use No Higher Among California Kids!





Pot Use No Higher Among California Kids!
Posted by FoM on January 08, 1999 at 21:05:11 PT

 Sacramento, CA: Statewide Marijuana use among adolescents has not increased since the passage of Proposition 215, according to data released last week by the Attorney General's office. 
   "These figures belie claims of Prop. 215 opponents, led by former Attorney General Dan Lungren and Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey, that the approval of medical marijuana will lead to an explosion of teen marijuana use," California NORML Coordinator Dale Gieringer said.   The report cites statistics from the 1997-98 California Student Substance Abuse Survey that found fewer high school students using marijuana than in previous years (1995-96). The report did note a statistically insignificant increase in marijuana use among 7th graders.   Statistics previously released in August by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) reported that California teens used marijuana at lower rates than the national average.   "The findings of these two surveys, the first to cover the post-1996 period, flatly contradict claims that legalizing medical marijuana sends a dangerous message to children," NORML Foundation Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said.   For more information, please contact either Allen St. Pierre of The NORML Foundation   (202) 483-8751 or Dale Gieringer of California NORML   (415) 563-5858. Preliminary copies of the study are available from the Attorney General's press office   (916) 324-5500. 
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Comment #1 posted by MINDY on April 26, 2000 at 21:39:50 PT:
EASY AXCESS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HI I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL 2 YRS AGO AND I COULD GET THIS STUFF FROM ALMOST ANY ONE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALY EASY TO SELL IT IN SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH THEY THREATENED THE SCHOOL. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD BRING IN LOCAL POLICE DOGS TO CHECK LOCKERS AND CLASS ROOMS. THIS NEVER HAPPENED THE 4 YRS I WAS THERE. I ALSO KNEW A SOPHMORE WHO WAS CAUGHT WITH A SHEET OF ACID AND DID NOT EVEN GET EXPELLED. IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE SCHOOLS. BY THE WAY THIS HIGH SCHOOL WAS IN SAN JAUQIN COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
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