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Legalized Medical Marijuana Doesn't Increase Teen Usage, Study Finds

Legalized Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Increase Teen Usage, Study Finds

by Debra Borchardt, Forbes, June 15, 2015

One of the biggest worries about legalized medical marijuana was that teenagers would smoke more pot, but it turns out those fears were wrong. A study just published in The Lancet Psychiatry showed no significant difference in adolescent marijuana use in the 21 states with medical marijuana laws.

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