UW News
Jennifer Bailey
July 20, 2020
Legal marijuana may be slowing reductions in teen marijuana use, study says
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A longitudinal study of more than 230 teens and young adults in Washington state finds that teens may be more likely to use marijuana following legalization – with the proliferation of stores and increasing adult use of the drug — than they otherwise would have been.