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THE BREAKDOWN THAT OF SURVEY AND
LOCAL PARENTS' REACTIONS.
SOME RESEARCHERS ARE WARNING
PARENTS THAT THE USE OF
MARIJUANA AMONG TEENS MAY
INCREASE BECAUSE TEENS'
PERCEPTION OF THE DANGERS OF
MARIJUANA HAS FALLEN TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1990.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH FOUND THAT 40% OF EIGHTH
GRADERS BELIEVE THAT OCCASIONAL
USE OF MARIJUANA IS HARMFUL.
THAT NUMBER DROPPED TO 20% WHEN
THEY SURVEYED 12TH GRADERS.
THESE RESEARCHERS SAY THAT THIS
DIMINISHED CONCERN MAY SIGNAL
FUTURE INCREASES IN USE... WHICH
THEY SAY IS ALARMING BECAUSE
PEOPLE WHO USE MARIJUANA HEAVILY
BEFORE AGE 18 COULD HAVE
IMPAIRED MENTAL ABILITIES. BUT
MANY WESTERN MASS. RESIDENTS
TOLD 22NEWS THEY ARE NOT TOO
CONCERNED... THEY SAID IT'S JUST
PART OF OUR CHANGING CULTURE.
I THINK THAT THE CULTURAL
ATTITUDES HAVE CHANGED. I THINK
THAT IT'S AROUND MORE AND PEOPLE
ARE MORE AWARE OF IT. IT'S OUT
THERE. KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT
MORE AWARE OF IT. IT'S OUT
THERE. KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT
IT AT EARLIER AGES, YOU KNOW.
HERE IN MASS. VOTERS PASSED A
BILL THAT LEGALIZED MEDICAL
MARIJUANA. COLORADO AND
WASHINGTON VOTERS APPROVED