Biomed Radio - Washington University School Of Medicine In St. Louis

With more U.S. states legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana use, the number of adults using the drug has increased. But a survey of more than 216,000 adolescents from all 50 states indicates the rates of marijuana use are falling among the young. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis examined data on drug use collected from young people and found that the number of adolescents who had problems related to marijuana declined by 24 percent between 2002 and 2013. Over the same period the number of kids reporting they used marijuana at all fell by 10 percent. AS SEVERAL STATES HAVE MADE USING MARIJUANA LEGAL, AT LEAST FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES, SOME HAVE WORRIED THAT THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE USING MARIJUANA WILL INCREASE, BUT RESEARCHERS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS HAVE FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN KIDS BETWEEN 12 AND 17 WHO USE MARIJUANA IS ACTUALLY DECLINING. SO IS THE NUMBER OF ADOLESCENTS WHO HAVE MARIJUANA-RELATED PROBLEMS. JIM DRYDEN HAS THE