Teen Marijuana Use Up, Alcohol Use Down

These low rates of alcohol use during the teen and preteen years, when the brain continues to develop, place our young people at considerably less risk.

Source:The Associated Press

 

So the National Institute on Drug Abuse says these high rates of cannabis use put these young minds at risk. Risk of what? Becoming more enlightened. We better throw another couple hundred million at the problem. 6 out of 100 high schoolers admit to getting high. I'll be much happier when 23% admit to using cannabis and 6% admit to drinking.

 

Wow, that's surprising. I thought it would have went down.

Some of my friends little brothers drink and they're 13 but they don't smoke pot... Absolutely terrible.... Don't they know it's better together?

....no, but really hopefully those statistics keep climbing in that direction.

 

Honestly, I thought the number of pot smokers was MUCH higher, like 50%.... I know I've seen way better stats, it depends on the poll, and how associated it was with the school. In school, people are afraid to bubble in anything that they think could incriminate them. (for understandable reasons)

I looked at the police blotter for my school (a few thousand students) for last week, and there was more than one marijuana arrest or referral per day, on average....

 

CC, I believe these figures are for the US, and you Canookians have better beer.

 

so,, what your saying is... If Im looking for some weed, I should go to the high school and mingle, geeze since im already there checking out the girls.. this might be a good thing..

 

But have you ever had their whiskey? That shit is HORRIBLE. Canadian mist is the worst shit I've ever had.... ALL US whiskey is good, because of our aging and labeling laws and the water we have for making it.

And I rather like Coors original and all forms of Shiner....

 

Canadian mist, that was my shit when I was a teenager, sneaking pints in the theater. That and scotch was like water to me.. crazy I drank alot of alcohol when I was a teen. when I turned 18 never drank it again.

 

Almost a year ago now, on new years, I drank somewhere a bit over a pint of canadian mist. I didn't throw up that night, but the following three days where some of the worst, most sick feeling, of my entire life, with lots of puking, and then dry heaving, was fucking HORRIBLE. I think it had something to do with the levels of higher alcohols in it or something... Bourbon and dark rum are my usual liquors, and I don't have any problem with 'em.

Got a handle of the kracken right now. Well a third of a handle Awesome shit for the price, I think its cheaper than CM by volume.

I think it was a pint of CM that I drank... or two... one or the other... I forget how big a pint it.... but it was a loooot.

 

I always intentionally fucked up their stats.

 

these days alot of teens smoke it just to be cool and they do it for ALL the wrong reasons..they dont get enlightenment! i bet ya that most even know what it really mean!...lol they have no idea even what hippie really means. none of them are spiritual or any of that crap well.. i bet ya MOST arent..they woudnt even know what THAT word means ether lol..

 

It takes a while to become enlightened.. When I was a teen I wanted to be a Ninja, I had all kinds of books, weapons, took classes.. But soon as I sat down and meditated, some fool thought I was on drugs.. Why you burning incense?. Cause I wanna be a Ninja!! Oh no, off to rehab you go....
I didnt go to rehab or nothing im just saying , it dont matter what you do . if its out of their norm someone is going to say something. ..

 

i like incense....lol i tried making my own but it sucked ass..lol

 

6.1% ???? bullshit.

 

if this is true, then it is good news.... i wonder what the statistics are in the UK...

 

hehe did someone say become more enlightened? lol

 

R & R is the worst.

 

I don't believe this for a second. But if it's true then excellent. I encourage pot-smoking if it doesn't end up consuming your entire life. I'm all for drinking and love to do it myself, but I'm not as comfortable with kids and alcohol.

I still think this is bull.

 

Good 4those kids!!! Marijuana is FAR better than any alcohol

 

im 16 and i much prefer weed over alcohol, its faster and i love gettin high. i dont even drink too.

correction: im 15 but im turing 16 in about a month so pretty much same thing. started smoking tho a year ago