Notes+and+Sources

Clark, Thomas W. "Keep Marijuana Illegal for Teens." //Humanist// 57.3 (1997): 14. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. []
 * "Much is made of pot being a gateway drug that leads to further experimentation and addiction, but as even the NIDA admits, most casual marijuana smokers don't progress to other drugs or become addicts."
 * **//"marijuana//** actually ranks lowest in addictive potential of all commonly used substances, even below caffeine"
 * "Some opponents of legalizing **//marijuana//** fear that it would set us on a slippery slope toward accepting any and alt drugs"

Hardy, Quentin, and Quentin Q. H. "Inside Dope. (cover story)." //Forbes// 172.10 (2003): 146. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 29 Mar. 2010.

[] Feilding, Amanda, and Paul Morrison. "Skunk's dark side." //New Scientist// 205.2744 (2010): 22. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 6 Apr. 2010. []
 * "Canadian dope is five times as potent as what America smoked in the 1970s"
 * "Mexico remains the biggest supplier of foreign pot for U.S. consumers"
 * "moving 100,000 seeds a year at an average $3.75 each"
 * people with schizophrenia who have a history of cannabis **//use//** tend to go through their first breakdown up to five years earlier in life than those who do not **//use//** the drug
 * The elimination of CBD may play a key role in the development of psychosis
 * Healthy volunteers were given the molecules intravenously for two sessions
 * This research has important implications for both street and medical **//marijuana//**

Wood, Daniel B. "Report: marijuana, prescription drug use up among teens." //Christian Science Monitor// 14 Dec. 2009: 1. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 6 Apr. 2010

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 * 7 of the 10 drugs most abused by high school seniors are **//prescription//** or over-the-counter drugs
 * Drug **//use//** in the adolescent population is not new
 * Turns out, it isn't very effective to try and scare teens into thinking pot is bad

Rohan, Cait. "UP IN SMOKE." //Girls' Life// 16.5 (2010): 70. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 8 Apr. 2010 []
 * "By the time they graduate from high school, most kids have, at the very least, been exposed to or been offered **//marijuana//**,"
 * One of the reasons teens are smoking earlier and more often is the relative accessibility
 * peer pressure plays a major factor
 * people peer pressure plays a major factor