Wouldn passing a medical marijuana law in Massachusetts send the wrong message to kids and lead to an increase in marijuana use among teens?
No. The message will be identical to message sent for drugs like OxyContin: Medicines are only to be used in accordance a doctor’s advice. In every medical marijuana state that has had a law long enough to collect data from after the law was enacted, teen marijuana use has decreased. For example, California, which passed the first effective medical marijuana law in 1996, has seen particularly large reductions in teen marijuana use, ranging from 40% to 50% in many categories. View the full report.
