Pubdate: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2009 The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/feedback/?form=lettersToTheEditorForm Website: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hallucinogens.htm (Hallucinogens) TEENS USING LESS POT, MORE HALLUCINOGENS Vancouver (CP) -- A survey of B.C. teens suggests fewer are using marijuana but more are abusing prescription and hallucinogenic drugs such as ecstasy. The study by the McCreary Centre Society suggests pot smoking among teens has fallen for the 10th year in a row - down to 30 per cent from 37 per cent in 2003. But according to the survey of 29,000 students, there's been a 6-per-cent jump in adolescents trying prescription drugs without a doctor's supervision and a 9-per-cent increase in use of hallucinogens since 2003. Executive director Annie Smith says the survey doesn't explain why more teens are abusing prescription drugs and hallucinogens. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom