DENVER -- Fewer high school students in Colorado think using marijuana is risky.
So we are basing our conclusion that teen usage is down based on a survey of what high school kids think about the danger of marijuana use? Can you get more asinine in trying to pass that off as a valid piece of data? My thinking is the stoners wouldn't even bother filling out the survey.
Medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado in 2011. Drug warriors said legalization would increase use by juveniles. The survey data indicate that the drug warriors were wrong.
Yes, because High School kids who don't see any danger from Pot usage is totes the same thing as teen usage going down.
In any case, the fact is that legalization has not caused an increase in underage use of marijuana in Colorado. In fact, the opposite has occurred.
Well of course. Taking an opinion survey from High Schoolers on the the dangerous of Pot is exactly the same thing as usage has declined. Exactly. Because teens see less danger, they will obviously use less pot, therefore usage has declined.
Got it.
Thirty-day marijuana use fell from 22 percent in 2011 to 20 percent in 2013, and lifetime use declined from 39 percent to 37 percent during the same two years. None of the declines shown in the preliminary data represent a statistically significant drop in rates.
Did you actually read the article?