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3 out of 4 young adults in treatment admit to using someone else's medical marijuana

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Southwest Behavioral and Health Services News

A survey of youth in substance abuse treatment programs in the Denver area found that approximately 74% of them used another person’s medical marijuana. The study, published last month in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,  also found that adolescents who used medical marijuana had an earlier age of regular marijuana use, more marijuana abuse and dependence symptoms and more conduct disorder symptoms than those who did not use medical marijuana.