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Marijuana Use: Detrimental to Youth [1] 04/01/2016 |
In summary, marijuana use is harmful to children and adolescents. For this reason, the American College of Pediatricians opposes its legalization for recreational use and urges extreme caution in legalizing it for medicinal use. Likewise, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) recently offered their own policy statement opposing efforts to legalize marijuana. They similarly pointed out that “marijuana’s deleterious effects on adolescent brain development, cognition, and social functioning may have immediate and long-term implications, including increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, sexual victimization, academic failure, lasting decline in intelligence measures, psychopathology, addiction, and psychosocial and occupational impairment.” Thus the AACAP (a) opposes efforts to legalize marijuana, (b) supports initiatives to increase awareness of marijuana’s harmful effects on adolescents, (c) supports improved access to evidence-based treatment, rather than emphasis on criminal charges, for adolescents with cannabis use disorder, and (d) supports careful monitoring of the effects of marijuana-related policy changes on child and adolescent mental health.49 The College agrees with this position on marijuana. American Academy of Pediatrics [2], youth [3], Research [4], Side-Effects [5] |
Why AAP opposes marijuana use and legalization [6] 02/01/2016 |
In its recommendations, the AAP opposes: AAP [7], American Academy of Pediatrics [2] |
The Impact of Marijuana Policies on Youth: Clinical, Research, and Legal Update [8] 03/01/2015 |
· These consequences include impaired short-term memory and decreased concentration, attention span, and problem solving, which clearly interfere with learning. Alterations in motor control, coordination, judgment, reaction time, and tracking ability have also been documented; these may contribute to unintentional deaths and injuries among adolescents (especially those associated with motor vehicles if adolescents drive while intoxicated by marijuana). youth [3], American Academy of Pediatrics [2], AAP [7], Studies [9], Research [4] |
American Academy of Pediatrics Reaffirms Opposition to Legalizing Marijuana for Recreational or Medical Use [10] 01/15/2015 |
youth [3], AAP [7], American Academy of Pediatrics [2], usage [11] |
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[1] http://www.rethinkpot.org/marijuana-use-detrimental-youth-0
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/american-academy-pediatrics
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/youth
[4] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/research
[5] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/side-effects
[6] http://www.rethinkpot.org/why-aap-opposes-marijuana-use-and-legalization
[7] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/aap
[8] http://www.rethinkpot.org/impact-marijuana-policies-youth-clinical-research-and-legal-update-0
[9] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/study
[10] http://www.rethinkpot.org/american-academy-pediatrics-reaffirms-opposition-legalizing-marijuana-recreational-or-medical-use
[11] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/usage