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We need to talk about marijuana’s potential harm to youths [1] 10/14/2022 |
One study [2] shows nearly half of college students said they consumed marijuana. Eight percent reported they used it daily or nearly every day. One in 5 high school students [3] used marijuana in the preceding 30 days. But there are real dangers associated with the substance, as a 2020 report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) shows [4]. Abundant research [5] demonstrates how exposure to marijuana during childhood impacts later cognitive ability, including memory, attention, motivation and learning. Studies have linked regular cannabis use in adolescents with lower IQs [6] in adulthood and higher propensity to drop out of high school [7]. This association persists in college-age students. One large study [8] followed college students and found frequency of marijuana use to correlate with skipping classes, lower grade-point average and longer time to graduation.
students [9], mental health [10], youth usage [11], washington post [12] |
Links
[1] http://rethinkpot.org/we-need-talk-about-marijuana%E2%80%99s-potential-harm-youths
[2] http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/mtf-vol2_2020.pdf
[3] https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/teens.html
[4] https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/letter-director
[5] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26842658/
[6] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893511/
[7] https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3196/ShortReport-3196.html
[8] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26237288/
[9] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/students
[10] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/mental-health
[11] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/youth-usage
[12] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/washington-post