The Truth About Marijuana

According to the Quiz at the Drug Information: Marijuana section of Parents. The Anti-Drug.

QUESTION 2:
What percentage of 12th graders say that marijuana is “fairly” or “very” easy to obtain?

a) 27%
b) 46%
c) 52%
d) 67%
e) 88%

ANSWER:
e) 88%

The vast majority of high school seniors find marijuana “fairly” or “very” easy to obtain² .
Moreover, more than one-third of teens ages 14-17 say they could purchase marijuana within a five-block radius from their house³.

² Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of key findings, 2002 – Table 9.
³ Access to Risky Products and Perceptions of Risky Behavior and Popularity: Finding from the Annenberg National Risk Survey of Youth age 14 to 22. Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Why do teenagers have it so much easier than I do?

Posted by etrigan at November 24, 2003 9:32 PM