Is legal 'medical' marijuana linked to high youth substance abuse rates?
Let's look at Colorado's substance abuse rates in 2011- 2012 when medical marijuana was legal but recreational pot was not, Colorado youth ages 12- 17 and 18- 25 ranked in the top percentiles for most substance abuse rates: illicit drugs, marijuana, cocaine, non-medical use of painkillers and ranked the lowest for perception of great risk of smoking marijuana.
Links
[1] http://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUHStateEst2011-2012/Maps/NSDUHsaeMaps2012.htm
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/youth
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/medical-0