[moehoward]

Because they were getting loaded before as well.

[martin_fierro]

I wish I could have back all the time and money I wasted on that crap

[ConjunctionJunction]

I’m sure kids always tell the truth on surveys.

/sarc

[cherry]

nothing good comes from a society that drugs its citizens....nothing...

it does no good to eat your veggies and avoid sugar if you're using mind altering drugs as well....

[gogeo]

Right...

[xp38]

2017 - 19.4%
2019 - 20.6%

Weed usage by yutes. “Not significant” but a 1.2% increase is an uptick in my book.

[FreeReign]

The Colorado Department of Public Health released the survey?

Geez what’s not to trust about that?

[tallyhoe]

That’s got to be a lie.. It is more available now!!

[G Larry]

Who do they think they're fooling?

Are we supposed to believe that adult usage skyrocketed but adolescent use remained flat?

Or, are they pretending legalization had no impact on the population of users at all?

[SaxxonWoods]

“The results indicate that children experience less mental health problems and avoid unhealthy behaviors when they have access to trusted adults [White Privilege], a stable family life [White Privilege] and safe schools [White Privilege], according CDPHE analysis of the survey results.”

“86% report feeling safe at school” [White Privilege].

Channeling Oh-Bra.

[ifinnegan]

"The survey shows marijuana use among school-aged kids has stayed relatively flat since legalization, but the way kids are using marijuana has changed.

So the headline is a lie.

[kaehurowing]

One reason mental illness is at runaway levels in the U.S. A major cause of psychosis and schizophrenia. Plus long term brain damage and cognition issues.

[aquila48]

It’s ABC, so we all know it’s not true.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Ping

[Gay State Conservative]

Ask those who are doing heroin,coke,crack,meth,etc and 99.9% of them will tell you they started off with grass.

Gateway drug...regardless of what various "enlightened progressives" might claim.

[SpaceBar]

Nothing brings FReepers together in an orgy of intellectual discourse like a pot thread.

[Carry me back]

Not sure 1% is insignificant.

[PGR88]

Laws reflect the existing morals and attitudes of society. Laws do not, as statists/leftist believe, directly social-engineer behaviors.

[butlerweave]

Places that legalized it thought they would make BILLIONS ,LOL

[ransomnote]

School councilors and resource officers say kids show up at school under the influence and the high schools don’t have an agreement to report it so the kids are just kept safe until they come down. With pot more easily obtainable, the high schoolers have a choice to make: Algebra or pot? Civics or pot? U.S. History or pot....