I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very small amount of controlled substance.
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There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined.
Teen drug use went up dramatically in the 1990s.
I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.
All too many young people are receiving mixed messages and inaccurate information about drugs.
Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society.
Educating young people about the harms of drugs is essential.
The only dead bodies from marijuana are in the prisons and at the hands of the police. This is ridiculous.
Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes.
I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs.
We know that if we can prevent kids from trying drugs in their teenage years, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that they will go on to have problems later in life.
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