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Newshawk: Harvey Pendrake
Pubdate: Fri, 29 Jun 2001
Source: Omaha World-Herald (NE)
Copyright: 2001 Omaha World-Herald Company
Contact:
Website: http://www.omaha.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/320
Author: Joseph Morton
USE OF POT SHOWS RISE DURING '90S
Troubled young adults in America are using marijuana much more than they
did 10 years ago and are staying away from harder drugs such as crack
cocaine and heroin, according to a national study released Friday.
Marijuana use among those in trouble with the law, ages 18 to 20, in Omaha
nearly tripled from 1990 to 1996, according to the study. Marijuana use
among that population has held steady around 70 percent since 1996.
Researchers are calling the results evidence of an ongoing marijuana
epidemic among young adults.
"Marijuana is now the thing, the drug of choice, in Omaha," said Andrew
Golub, senior researcher at the New York-based National Development and
Research Institute.
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MAP posted-by: Beth
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