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1 in 6 kids who try marijuana will become addicted. For people who keep smoking marijuana, the health harms are underappreciated and costly.
Is cannabis/marijuana Harmless?
In Colorado during the time marijuana was available only for medical use: Traffic fatalities in Colorado decreased 16% from 2006 to 2011, consistent with national trends. However, during the same six years in Colorado, traffic fatalities involving drivers testing positive for just marijuana increased 114% In 2006 in Colorado, traffic fatalities involving drivers testing positive for marijuana represented 5 percent of the total traffic fatalities. By 2011, rate jumped to 13 %. In 2006, drivers testing positive for marijuana were involved in 28% of fatal vehicle crashes involving drugs. By 2011 that number had increased to 56% Youth (ages 1217 years) - Current Marijuana Use, 2011 National average for youth was 7.64 percent. Colorado average for youth was 10.72 percent. Colorado was ranked 5th in the nation for current marijuana use among youth
Released Cannabidiol, the non-psychoactive part of the plant, to study for use treating epileptic seizures in children. (Epidiolex) www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817701 The American Psychiatric Association gave considerable attention to marijuana as medicine for psychiatric issues and found no current scientific evidence that marijuana is in any way beneficial for the treatment of any psychiatric disorder.
www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Learn/Archives/ps2013_MarijuanaMedicine.pdf
The American Medical Associationcannabis is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern. American Academy of Pediatrics
http://learnaboutsam.com/ama-opposes-marijuana-decriminalization-and-legalization/
Decrease in IQ ?
Dr. Madeline Meier conducted a study on how the persistent use of marijuana affected the IQ from childhood to adulthood.
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