Pretty impressive data.What do you get out of this (http://monitoringthefuture.org/data/03data/fig03_11.pdf (Figure 11: Marijuana: Trends in Annual Use, Risk, Disapproval, and Availability for Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth Graders ) that is impressive?...
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% who used in last twelve months % seeing "great risk" in using regularly
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I can't make heads or tails of it.
In general, I think the numbers go up, or down, when its convenient for the gov't. Wanna show that you need more funding because the anti-drug ads are working? Have the numbers go down. Wanna show that you need more funding because teenagers have a drug problem? Have the numbers go up. More funding is the bottom line.
However, if less teenagers are using illicit drugs, that is good news indeed. Maybe my connection won't run out so often.
Those should be graphs in PDF format. Obviously, you are not pulling up the graphs there. If you were to see the graphs, they are looking at four things:
1) Marijuana Use (% who used in the last 12 months):
there appears to be a gradual decline over the past 5 years
2) Risk of Marijuana use (% seeing "great risk" in using regularly):
Again, gradual decline, this time over the past 10 years
3) Disapproval of Marijuna use (% disapproving of using regularly):
Not much change
4) Availabity of marijuana use (% saying "fairly easy" or "very easy" to get):
Gradually declining over the past 5 years or so.