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PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 6 June 2004, pp. 1825-1826

POLICY STATEMENT

Legalization of Marijuana: Potential Impact on Youth

Committee on Substance Abuse and Committee on Adolescence

As experts in the health care of children and adolescents, pediatricians may be called on to advise legislators concerning the potential impact of changes in the legal status of marijuana on adolescents. Parents, too, may look to pediatricians for advice as they consider whether to support state-level initiatives that propose to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes or to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. This policy statement provides the position of the American Academy of Pediatrics on the issue of marijuana legalization, and the accompanying technical report (available online) reviews what is currently known about the relationship between adolescents’ use of marijuana and its legal status to better understand how change might influence the degree of marijuana use by adolescents in the future.

Key Words: marijuana • legalization • substance abuse • decriminalization


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The following policy statement has been revised:

Marijuana: A Continuing Concern for Pediatricians

Pediatrics 104: 982-985. [Full Text]



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