Pubdate: Tue, 21 Jun 2016
Source: Albuquerque Journal (NM)
Copyright: 2016 Associated Press
Contact:  http://www.abqjournal.com/
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COLO.: NO RISE IN YOUTH POT USE

21% Figure Just Below National Average

DENVER (AP) - Marijuana use among Colorado high schoolers has not 
increased since legalization. That's according to the state Health 
Department, which released a new batch of youth survey results Monday.

The 2015 survey of about 17,000 middle and high school students 
across the state showed that about 21 percent of high school students 
reported that they currently use pot. That's just a hair below the 
national average, which was almost 22 percent.

Nine of 10 Colorado high school youth said they don't smoke 
cigarettes. That's the highest rejection of smoking by high school 
youths in the past decade.

For the first time, the survey took note of the health behaviors of 
high school students who identified as transgender. Those students 
reported higher rates of tobacco use, drug use and bullying.
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