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| "Most 12th graders felt that they would be little affected personally by the legalization of either the sale or the use of marijuana. About three fifths (61%) of the respondents said that they would not use the drug even if it were legal to buy and use, while others indicated they would use it about as often as they do now (15%) or less often (1.4%). Only 5.5% said they would use it more often than they do at present, while another 8.9% thought they would try it. (Nine percent said they did not know how their behavior would be affected if marijuana were legalized.) Still, this amounts to 14.4%, or about one in seven who state that they would try marijuana, or their use would increase, if marijuana were legalized." Source:
Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2009). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975–2008: Volume I, Secondary school students (NIH Publication No. 09-7402). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse. p. 362.
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