Marijuana Use and New Concerns About Medical Marijuana

Marijuana Use and New Concerns About Medical Marijuana: While alcohol remains the drug of choice among college students, marijuana ranks number two with 32 percent reporting using marijuana in 2008. That’s a modest decline from 2001, when 36 percent of college students reported marijuana use (Monitoring the Future: National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975–2008, Volume II, College Students & Adults Ages 19–50, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2009). But will a trend toward liberalization of marijuana laws, including increases in the number of states passing or considering medical marijuana bills, lead to increased marijuana availability, higher levels of use, and more problems for students?

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