Pubdate: Tue, 19 Apr 2016
Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser (HI)
Copyright: 2016 Associated Press
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YOUTH POT-SMOKING RATE STEADY AMID LEGALIZATION

Colorado kids are not smoking more pot since the drug became legal - 
but their older siblings and parents certainly are, according to a 
long-awaited report giving the most comprehensive data yet on the 
effects of the state's 2012 recreational-marijuana law.

The state released a report Monday detailing changes in everything 
from pot arrests to tax collections to calls to Poison Control. 
Surveys given to middle-schoolers and high-schoolers indicate that 
youth marijuana use didn't rise significantly in the years after the 2012 vote.

Anonymous surveys given to about 40,000 Colorado students before and 
after legalization showed "no significant change" in marijuana use by 
children under 18 in the preceding 30 days.

Among high school students, use went from about 23 percent in 2005 to 
about 20 percent in 2014. Similarly, there was no significant change 
in use by kids younger than 13 in recent years.
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