[luv2ski]

Interesting study that seems to contradict others that have been posted on FR.

[a fool in paradise]

Legalize meth if that’s the case

[dangus]

Beware studies funded by activists.

[occamrzr06]

Legalizing pot does not appear to encourage teen use and might actually discourage it

Are you high?

[metmom]

Wishful thinking...

[DouglasKC]

This is a total pantload. Colorado shows that legalization leads to skyrocketing use among youth. Of COURSE it’s going to increase. It’s so obvious as to be stupid. This is just the pro doper leftist tool crowd propagating more nonsense.

[C210N]

What a novel idea.

Let’s legalize drunk driving - that’ll discourage DUI.

[momincombatboots]

Lol.. brought to you by the obamacare endorsers. That’s some science.. agenda.

[dartuser]

Researchers analyzed data from more than 1.4 million high school students between 1993 and 2017 ...

Colorado legalized pot what? ... Two years ago? ... start with garbage data ... get garbage results.

[Mastador1]

Oh, I'm sure that's what will happen just look at how legalizing drugs for other segments of society has worked here and in other countries. What it shows is usage goes up not down, how else to explain the booming pot business?

[taxcontrol]

Not my observation from Colorado.

[irishjuggler]

Wow, convincing proof.... that JAMA studies are sometimes total bulls-—.

[thoughtomator]

That’s because the other studies on this topic posted here mostly have one thing in common, and that is that they come from advocacy groups.

In this case the psychology is very straightforward - remove the “forbidden fruit” status, and much of the temptation goes with it.

[choctaw man]

“might discourage teen use”

also, might not discourage teen use

[cherry]

there's lies, there's damn lies, and then there is statistics....

agenda driven drivel.....

like..."if we teach the kids all about sex at age 10 it'll protect them from pregnancy and stds'"...

[Taxman]

At the bong again, are you Angelica?

[Sopater]

Yeah, legalizing it would make it kinda square.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Have they ever done a study of the effect of executing drug dealers?

[varyouga]

It’s no longer cool or special since grandma can go down the block and buy it.

Pot will soon be just plant with no mystery again. Something old people use for their aches and anxiety. Exactly as it was for thousands of years.

Of course it can get you “high” but so can cough syrup and benadryl. It’s lame to get high from something so mainstream that babies and grandmas use it

[moovova]

Well, that might just be true...in Bizarro World.

[Mariner]

It just goes to show, those who choose to smoke pot, will.

In the age of universal availability, legalization makes no difference whatsoever. Contrary to the statistically unexplained, and insignificant, drop in teen usage the authors point out.