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Marijuana, Cigarettes Neck-and-Neck for Teens

(12/21/2010)

Reuters
December 14, 2010

More teens may be smoking marijuana than cigarettes but fewer are binge-drinking, federal health officials said Tuesday. An annual survey on drug use found increases in marijuana use among all age groups but showed slightly fewer high school seniors were smoking than in recent years. "These high rates of marijuana use during the teen and pre-teen years, when the brain continues to develop, place our young people at particular risk," National Institute for Drug Abuse director Dr. Nora Volkow said in a statement.

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Keywords: marijuana, cigarettes, teens

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