About 33,000 students took part in the study, where trends were compared in teenage marijuana use in Rhode Island and Massachusetts from 1997 to 2009, HealthDay reports. The researchers found:
- between 26 and 34 percent of teenagers in both states used marijuana during that period
In a news release, lead author Esther Choo, MD, MPH, noted that “state-level legalization of medical marijuana has raised concerns about increased accessibility and appeal of the drug to youth, who are most vulnerable to public messages about drug use and to the adverse consequences of marijuana.”
She presented her findings at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association.
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