HA! What a myth… actually it is just better growing standards and methods that have involved in better quality cannabis. And that percentage is just flat out WRONG even by the prohibitionist math. Average content of low quality imported cannabis has in fact not changed and is generally within the 1-2% range. Mid grade cannabis is around 3-5% and most high quality medical cannabis that is effective for those with serious medical ailments can rate up to 20%. From 2%-20% is not a 175% increase. Maybe I am doing my math wrong?

Marijuana is associated more strongly with juvenile crime than alcohol use.

This is a joke. Most of these crimes were because of cannabis criminalization in itself, a non-violent crime. Now make a fair comparison between violent youth crimes (rapes, assaults, etc) under the influence of alcohol. And all those minors that were unfairly put in juvenile centers for nothing more than consuming a natural plant had their reputations and futures destroyed from an unfair prohibition.

From 1992 to 2006, there has been a 492.1 percent increase in the proportion of treatment admissions for persons under age 18 where clinical diagnosis was reported for marijuana abuse or dependence.

This is because persons under the age of 18 have been forced to go to drug rehabilitation clinics when they are found using cannabis. Nice way of creating your own statistical data though I suppose.

From 1992 to 2006, there has been a 188.1 percent increase in the proportion of treatment admissions for persons under age 18 who cite marijuana as their primary drug of abuse.

Maybe less of them are abusing alcohol, tobacco, meth, cocaine, amphetamines, and over-the-counter drugs? If this is the case, isn’t that a good thing? Nobody has ever died from cannabis, and you can’t even say the same for aspirin.

From 1995 to 2002, the percentage of drug related emergency department findings for marijuana as a major substance of abuse among 12- to 17-year olds increased by 136.4 percent.

I would like to know the actual number. And how many of these were due to the synthetic cannabinoid found in K2? How many were from cannabis itself and not other drugs along with cannabis, or the result of laced cannabis, which is also a result of prohibition?

Rates of daily marijuana use among 12th graders tripled from 1992 to 1999 and have stubbornly resisted significant change since then. In 2007, approximately 204,000 high school seniors (5.1 percent) used marijuana on a daily basis.

Wow, that is significantly less than the 75% of all students who try alcohol by 12th grade. High school binge drinking is at a nice fat 25%, which actually contributes to deaths every year unlike cannabis.

Despite recent declines in teen marijuana use, in 2007 the percentage of teens who had ever used marijuana was 26.8 percent higher among 8th graders, 44.9 percent higher among 10th graders and 28.2 percent higher among 12th graders.

Bla bla bla… compare these same statistics to that of alcohol or tobacco. Alcohol kills over 30,000 Americans every year, Tobacco kills over 140,000 a year… cannabis has NEVER killed anyone in documented history.

Marijuana is the second most frequently detected psychoactive substance among drivers (alcohol is the first) and is associated with impaired driving skills.

Marijuana use interferes with brain functions and has been linked to other mental health problems in young people, such as depression, anxiety and conduct disorders.

Lets see the links to these one sided prohibitionist peer reviewed studies shall we? And then we can compare the information, yet again, to alcohol and tobacco.

Recent research suggests possible associations between marijuana use and schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

WRONG. The data is inaccurate. Many people with psychological ailments gain relief for schizophrenia and other mental conditions through the use of cannabis. It has been proven effective relief, which is safer than the pharmaceutical drugs used to treat these conditions which can have life threatening side effects. Those with mental conditions who abuse alcohol are much more of a threat, as statistics again prove.

The good news is that in recent years teen marijuana use and the percent of all teens who meet clinical criteria for marijuana abuse and dependence have declined.

Because cannabis is less addictive than caffeine and has a lower potential for abuse than other substances.

The bad news is that 10.7 million teens still report that they have used marijuana.

Thankfully they used ‘marijuana’ and not something addictive like meth, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, or prescription drugs that could lead to them having life long addictions and possibly dying or committing violent crimes to support their drug habits.