Worried about the potential "harm" that
can be caused by juveniles using cannabis, KEITH A.
KING, PH.D., MCHES REBECCA A. VIDOUREK, PH.D., CHES ASHLEE R. HOFFMAN, MA, MS of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, conducted a
survey of 54,361 students from 7th grade to the 12th grade, to discover how
many of them have used cannabis before and find out things such as; How easy it
was for them to come about possessing the drug, and the outlook on the use of
cannabis by parents involved. During the survey it was discovered that more
male children experimented with the use of this drug then the female
population. Of the 36.8% of school children that admitted to have used the
drug, 39% were males and 34.3% were females. They go on to explain that a main
reason that this many kids smoke is the decrease in the public view on the
danger of the use of cannabis as well as the perception held by parents. An
overwhelming piece of information is that 90% of the youth asked said that they
could access cannabis fairly easy.
One
issue that I have with this journal is that throughout they mention the extreme
danger the use of cannabis to the youth, however they never seem to mention
what those issues are, aside from the potential for further experimentation
with other drugs aka the gateway theory, which is a flawed theory to being
with.
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