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Medical Matters: The health and social benefits of abstaining from cannabis

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Medical Matters: The health and social benefits of abstaining from cannabis [1]
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Monday, September 15, 2014

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  • health [2]
  • youth [3]
  • Studies [4]
  • dropout [5]

The large meta-analysis – a study of combined previous research – showed that people who are daily users of cannabis before the age of 17 are more than 60 per cent less likely to complete secondary school or to complete a degree compared with those who have never used the drug.

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[1] http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/medical-matters-the-health-and-social-benefits-of-abstaining-from-cannabis-1.1924047
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/health
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/youth
[4] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/study
[5] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/dropout