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12th graders, that number is 54.8 percent. Additionally, most high school students do not think that it is a problem to
try marijuana once. Only 18.6 percent of
high school seniors see problems associated
with one time marijuana use.
move on to “harder” and more dangerous
drugs like heroin and cocoaine. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) reports that the
younger someone is when he or she uses
marijuana, the more likely he or she is to
use other drugs when they reach adulthood.
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Here’s how some of the
“harder” drugs compare in
terms of use:
Cocaine: 62 percent of adults who had
used marijuana before the age of 15 have
used cocaine at some point during their
lives. For those who had never used marijuana, that number is 0.6 percent.
One of the dangers of marijuana is that
it is considered a “gateway” drug. That is,
those who use marijuana are more likely to
Heroin: Those who use marijuana in
youth are more likely to use heroin. That
number is 9 percent as compared to 0.1
percent for those who had never used marijuana.
Psychotherapeutic drugs: 53.9 percent
of those who used marijuana before the
age of 15 report that they
have also tried to use psychotherapeutic drugs for
non-medical uses. The
rate for those who have
not used marijuana is 5.1
percent.
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It is clear that marijuana use can pre-dispose
people for substance
abuse later in life.
Even with marijuana
use on the decline in general, it is clear that with
2.1 million people using
marijuana for the first
time each year, this is still
an issue.
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