MARIJUANA ----
                                  SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT !

 Marijuana is NOT a Safe Drug...
in fact, it is a VERY DANGEROUS DRUG.   

• According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network, in 2002, there were 119,472 marijuana                                                                                   related admissions into hospital emergency rooms (a 164% increase since 1995.)
  

• According to the Department of Health and Human Services TEDS (Treatment Episode Data Set),
  in 2001 there were 255,394 admissions of people into drug treatment programs who stated that
  marijuana was their primary drug of addiction (a 176% increase since 1992.)
  

• Marijuana is the gateway drug for harder drugs: more than 60% of marijuana
  users progress to harder drugs (while the odds for non-users are 98 to 1);
  
• There are scores of scientific studies that prove that marijuana is a harmful and
  addictive drug.  New research now links marijuana use to:
          - Fetal Drug Affects
          - Cancer
          - The Amotivation Syndrome
          - Mood Changes
          - Depression
          - Fatigue
          - Memory problems
          - Hypersensitivity to Criticism
          - Underachievement
          - Confusion or mental impairment
          - Deteriorating Academic Performance
          - Outbursts of Anger
          - Panic Attacks
          - Hostility with lack of Insight/Remorse
          - Driving While Impaired
          - Accidents
          - Tolerance and Physical Addiction

MARIJUANA
CAN MESS YOU UP
and BURN YOU OUT !!!

Educate yourself with current, relevant information
that will equip you to help prevent marijuana use from becoming more prevalent in our society.

One-Page Fact Sheet

Eight-Page Position Paper

One-Page Federal Marijuana Fact Sheet

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