Study debunks claim that medical marijuana laws increase recreational pot use for US teens

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Legalizing medical marijuana has not increased recreational use of the substance among US adolescents, according to a new study. For now, there appears to be no basis for the argument that legalizing medical marijuana has increased teens' use of the drug. The researchers analyzed the results of eleven separate studies dating back to 1991. No significant changes, increases or decreases, occurred in adolescent recreational use following enactment of medical marijuana laws.

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