Marijuana
Addiction Solution
Stats and Further Facts
| Marijuana Addiction Information |
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the
United States.1
 Reaction time for motor skills, such as driving, is reduced by 41% after
smoking one joint and is reduced 63% after smoking two joints.
Marijuana is the second most common drug, after alcohol, present in the
blood of nonfatal and fatally injured persons.
Smoking marijuana can injure or destroy lung tissue. In fact, marijuana
smoke contains 50–70% more of some cancer causing chemicals than does
tobacco smoke.2
Today's marijuana is 10 to 15 times stronger than it was in the 60's.
Among teens 12 to 17, the average age of first trying marijuana was 14
years old.
Among American high school seniors 1 in 11 is a daily marijuana user.
Kids who frequently use marijuana are almost four times more likely to
act violently or damage property. They are five times more likely to
steal than those who do not use the drug.7
Marijuana contains more than 421 chemicals, including most of the
harmful substances found in tobacco smoke. Smoking one marijuana
cigarette deposits about four times more tar into the lungs than a
filtered tobacco cigarette.3
Marijuana is California's largest cash crop.
Violent incidents by outdoor cannabis growers against law enforcement
and the presence of weapons at outdoor grow sites are increasing, most
likely because of increased.4
There have been over 7,000 published scientific and medical studies
documenting the damage that marijuana poses, none showed that marijuana
was safe.
According to the UN's estimate, 141 million people around the world use
marijuana. This represents about 2.5 percent of the world population.5
Adolescents who smoke pot 85 times more likely to use cocaine than their
non–pot smoking peers.6
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among America’s youth.
Among kids who use drugs, approximately 60 percent use only marijuana.
Two-thirds of new marijuana users each year are between the ages of 12
and 17, while the number of eighth graders who have tried marijuana has
doubled within the last decade.7
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If you are looking for help for yourself, or for
someone else, call for more information. While an individual who uses
marijuana may be able to function in society, but for how long? Because
a tolerance builds up, marijuana can lead users to consume stronger
drugs to achieve the same effect. In the pamphlet,
The Truth About Joints,
the author stresses, "When the effects start to wear off, the person may
turn to more potent drugs to rid himself of the unwanted conditions that
prompted him to take marijuana in the first place. Marijuana itself does
not lead the person to the other drugs; people take drugs to get rid of
unwanted situations or feelings. The drug (marijuana) masks the problem
for a time (while the user is high). When the 'high' fades, the problem,
unwanted condition or situation returns more intensely than before. The
user may then turn to stronger drugs since marijuana no longer 'works.'"
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