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To: NobleFree

Re: Thanks for supporting my position - fewer youths have an alcohol use disorder than an illicit drug use disorder.

Not quite true. According to page 28-29 of:c

https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FRR1-2014/NSDUH-FRR1-2014.pdf

679,000 teens between 12 - 17 had alcohol use disorder 2014
667,000 teens had a marijuana use disorder in 2014

You quoted in your last post some “ease of getting” statistics - but by your own statistics, it shows that beer was slightly easier to get than marijuana:

26% cigarettes
23% beer
22%. marijuana

In that same report you posted, on page 15, it shows an interesting statistic. Among “drug-infected” schools vs “drug-free” schools, alcohol was easier to get within an hour (alcohol) 36% as opposed to marijuana (23%).

Look, I must admit I was surprised at how close marijuana use disorder was among teens to alcohol abuse disorder, but none the less, alcohol still is the greater issue. Among all age groups, alcohol abuse is almost four times that of marijuana use disorder (see pages 24-25 of same report).

The legalization of marijuana is coming nationwide in the near future. I’m just saying it’s going to come with a terrible human cost. I don’t think it’s worth it, but by, that’s just me.

You can have the last word if you want it.


189 posted on 06/26/2018 8:20:42 AM PDT by rusty schucklefurd
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To: rusty schucklefurd
I must admit I was surprised at how close marijuana use disorder was among teens to alcohol abuse disorder, but none the less, alcohol still is the greater issue.

By a nose - despite alcohol being much more widely used among adults. This evidence indicates that the best way to keep a drug away from teens is to legalize it for adults, thus giving its sellers an economic incentive to not sell to teens.

Among all age groups, alcohol abuse is almost four times that of marijuana use disorder

Exactly my point - alcohol far outruns pot among adults but only narrowly among teens.

190 posted on 06/26/2018 8:34:07 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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