Pubdate: Thu, 21 Jun 2018
Source: Wall Street Journal (US)
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Author: Al Schille

MARIJUANA IS THE GATEWAY DRUG

In 1994 as a NYPD narcotics detective, I did a study of prisoners
arrested for drug crimes for a statistics class I was taking at night.
Nine of 10 users stated they started with marijuana, 70% started using
between ages 10-15, and 92% before the age of 21. Society must educate
our youth before the ravages of drugs become irremediable.

Al Schille

Staten Island, N.Y.