Marijuana's Illegality makes it more Popular!

If one wants to understand how criminalization of drugs is working toward the opposite goal of reduced drug use one only has to look at the case with marijuana. The use of marijuana by teenagers is higher in the United States than most countries that have decriminalized the use. 


The Dutch, who have decriminalized and started to legalize marijuana have lower use rates than the United States where the drug is illegal. 47.3 percent of young adults in America compared to 45.5 percent in the Netherlands. 3 Older teens, 38.2 percent in U.S. compared to 29.5 percent and 13.5 percent in contrast to 7.2 percent of younger teens in the Netherlands. 


Source: Zimmer, Lynn Ph.D., and John P. Morgan M.D. “Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts” The Lindesmith Center, 1997. p. 51

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