In a near-complete waste of Australian time and money, researchers at Griffith University surveyed students 18-29 about their motivations for using or not using marijuana. Users reported that they smoked up to "fit in with their friends, feel relaxed, forget their worries, and enjoy themselves." Non-users, meanwhile abstained because "work and study" remained powerful deterrents. Wow, Griffith U. — got any more brain-busters?
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No duh dept.: College students smoke weed to 'relax,' 'enjoy themselves.' Related: sky is blue
Bong hits for popularity?
More bad news for drug warriors: another new study! This one finds that teens who smoke marijuana but not cigarettes are emotionally healthier in some ways than those who abstain entirely and than those who use both.
Marijuana is an antidepressant at low doses, and parents know when kids use it
Research just keeps knocking drug war myths down. This week, two different studies took on some of the warriors' sacred cows-- the idea that parents whose kids are using drugs are “in denial” about it and the notion that marijuana use always has negative effects on mental health.
The first study, published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, followed 75 families in which the substance use rates of teens were known, but the teens mostly weren’t in treatment for it. 86% accurately reported their teens’ alcohol and marijuana use. 72% were aware of their children’s use of other illegal drugs.
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