Student Marijuana use on the rise

Project Know did a 10 year study on student drug use.  Marijuana is the only drug on the rise.

"The data confirms it: From 1991 to 2013, there was a significant increase in the current use of marijuana by high school students. It went from 14.7% to 23.4%. And although there wasn’t much of an increase
between 2011 (23.1%) and 2013 (23.4%), the rate certainly didn’t drop either.

In 2013, current marijuana use was lowest in – no surprise here – Utah (7.6%). It was lowest in Utah for every year from 2003 to 2013. It was highest in 2013 in New Mexico (27.8%). The prevalence of having tried marijuana before the age of 13 increased from 1991 to 1999 and then decreased from 1999 to 2013 (11.3%–8.6%)."

Once legalized in any form, whether it is medical marijuana or for general use, we will have more addiction therapists, treatment centers, and sober living providers than ever before. And we will definitely have more addicts. Politicians keep screaming about more jobs and this is one way for job creation. Our landfill has been suggested as the perfect place to grow cannabis. We will definitely have more businesses popping up like the store in our downtown that sells electronic cigarettes from an admitted former drug addict.