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National Families in Action Misleads on Marijuana Use Trends

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 08:45

The prohibitionists continue to dig through the latest data in the National Survey on Drug Use & Health, looking for the evidence on marijuana use trends that show ending the punishment of adults who use marijuana will turn the youth of our nation into pot zombies. (In my other articles, see how the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America, Oregon’s Project SAM affiliate, and National Project SAM have already spun and outright misrepresented the data.)

Today the spin comes from the National Families In Action, where they’ve published a chart showing the increases from 2013 to 2014 in marijuana usage among teens (12-17), college age (18-25), and adults (26+), as well as the entire population aged 12 and older.

Bar graph showing the increased use of marijuana by age group during the fist year of legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington...

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