I wonder if Placer County Sherrif Captain Dave Harris has reviewed this study?

Of course more studies are needed to say this conclusivly but this does strongly suggest that all of the fears that teen use would skyrocket are false and completely unfounded.

What is the big deal? So what if its illegal? Why do you feel compelled to get stoned? Don't you have something else to do? Try taking up a hobby that does not involved getting wedged.

I would suggest woodworking, but the idea of a stoner getting his fingers anywhere near a table saw gives me a queasy feeling.

Have you ever wondered why you feel a need to get stoned? It looks to me like a scream for help.

Maybe teen use is down because they are doing other drugs? And also still using alcohol.

And might I suggest that you are going to wear this forum out with so many posts. I would say one really well written and informative post once a week or so would get more attention and response. But, as is my experience here, if you post tons of small posts people just get annoyed and will stop reading your posts altogether. OK, now don't tell me I am being rude to even say this. It is just a SUGGESTION.

I don't know, Yosemite - if I recall right, all the stoners in wood shop and in ceramics class, in high school, frequently found new and oft creative ways of making bongs, pipes, etc. so that the teacher wouldn't know what they were. One time a guy put a bunch of pipes inside of a bust so they could get fired in the kiln. Of course the ceramics teacher, being no fool, found out what was going on when he moved the newly fired bust and heard things clinking around inside. (No, I was not the stoner)

YS, Ithink gardening is the hobby to suggest! :)

truth, I'm not going to post & post and debate this one with you. I think it should be legalized and dispensed at pharmacies too.

I think it not being dispensed as other controlled substances brings other societal problems to the forefront.

I agree with Yosemite: smoking pot too much, unless it's for a good medical reason, is stupid. Just my opinion.

Pot is for losers. Marijuana use by kids went up significantly in Alaska when they legalized marijuana. They realized their mistake and made it illegal again.

I did like 1 thing about getting stoned... I slept very well that night!

TF, The pot today is so strong its only use is to get "stoned".

Why do you want to get stoned?

TF, you should try to find the answer to that issue before you spend a lot of time trying to legalize yet another means for people to mess up their mental faculties. You might find that once you have the answer, your mission is misguided.

Yosemite_sam: You speak of the cannabis today being "strong" , that is irrelevent, Marinol is 100% thc and it is not used in that manner, so why do you want to control what people do in the privicy of thier own homes? I though you were a republican not a nazi! and

Realist: Your not to up to date on the law are you? maybe you should do some research BEFORE you put your foot in your mouth.

"Alaska citizens have the right to possess less than four ounces of marijuana in their home for personal use." -- Alaska Court of Appeals, Noy v. State, August 29, 2003

The Alaska Court of Appeals ruled August 29 that Alaska residents may possess up to four ounces of marijuana in their own homes without any criminal or civil penalty. The ruling, which cites a 1975 Alaska Supreme Court finding that the Alaska constitution's privacy provisions protect the personal possession and use of marijuana in the home, once again makes Alaska the only state in the country with legal marijuana in the home. (After the 1975 Ravin v. Alaska decision, the Alaska legislature eventually removed criminal penalties for possession of less than four ounces, but a 1990 voter initiative cheerlead by then drug czar William Bennett recriminalized simple pot possession. It has taken until now for the appeals courts to rule on a case that challenged the constitutionality of the 1990 vote.)

and overall teen use did NOT rise please put up a link to this misinformation

Yosemite_sam and Realist: why would you want to deny sick people effective medication, is it because you are incapable of critical thinking and still believe the misinformation you were spoon fed as a child?

If all you can do is attack the messenger , reather than find fault with the messege, it shows exactly how WEAK your position is!

GailBegin: YOU are the one who SUGGESTED I post one a day.

truthfinder,

Settle down. Gail made that suggestion after you posted five blogs in one day. She used "once a day" rather than five as a reasonable alternative to saturation.

This is a subject, and I agree with Gail, that would be welcomed once a week.

I'm not sure I'm understanding the reasons for this? are you obligated to read them? is it TOO much information for you to discern? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck but I've actually had many people who READ these and dont comment, thank me ( The ones who know me offline and thier friends) for getting the info out there. l;ike you said this is a community site and there are many more people than just you "regulars" that come here.

TF: I could care less what you do in the privacy of your home. Now, why do you feel the need to get stoned?

Y_S : I've said this many times before so this time I'll type r e a l s l o w .. so you can understand. I used marijuana as a medication to counteract the nausea that came from adheasions on my stomach. Now I've answered your question , Why do you feel the need to deny people effective medication or make them drive long distances to obtain it?

now what is the real reason for not wanting these posts .. before it was because I pushed the other posts off the top screen so it was suggested to post one a day.

truthfinder,

I'll type this real slow so maybe you can understand it.

The topic you are covering is important. I too am a proponent of legalizing marijuana in California due to fiscal concerns of mine. I don't expect everyone to agree, but that's the chance I take voicing my opinion in an open forum.

Because I believe this is an important topic it is my "suggestion" to you that you might consider posting a blog about it less often. Yes, as you so tactfully pointed out, I am not obligated to read anything that's posted, and I definitely read only what is interesting to me, but thanks for that reminder.

Was that slow enough?

gregalc: I was saying that to Yosemite_sam because he seems intent on labeling me a "loser "pothead". And I'm glad you are in favor of legalization, my reasons have little to do with money, I apologize if I came of like an a-hole, but why would people get upset about these posts? is it because they dont care? I bet if them or someone they love were severly ill they would. but because it doesn't affect them were not supposed to talk about it but once a week ? then what? a few poeple dont like that and we only talk about it once a month ,once a year? never?

now, here's a link , some of you still insist on perpetuating the myths surrounding marijuana,

http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/

Truthfinder: I am just saying that you can really overkill this topic if you keep posting. Sometimes people post once a day, but on different topics. I think that if you really want people to pay attention to your posts, less would be more.

Hmm... why is is just a few people that dont want me to post this info? if you look the posts have had well over a hundred views.... so is this a clique of this site? every site has them.

with the response to loomis not allowing a dispensary I think that this site NEEDS this info, as many here are obviously misinformed.

thank you for your suggestions.

First, any study that says teens are smoking less pot is probably being done by old hippies still on pot from the '60's.

Second, the only reason teens might be using less pot is that they have moved on to a multitude of pills and harder drugs like heroin and other opiates. But....they ALL started with pot!

TF: I will type real slow for you because this has clearly missed your mind...perhaps your mind is foggy?

MEDICINAL MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA ALREADY.

Your windmill has already fallen over.

You have not been arguing for medicinal marijuana, or if you are, you are more stoned than I gave you credit for. Try some uppers so you can think clearly enough to realize that medicinal marijuana is legal in California. No need to push for it.

On the other hand, if you are pushing to legalize marijuana for recreational use, then explain to me why you want to get stoned.

truthdistorter, you aren't talking about marijuana from "sick" people, you are talking about legalization for everyone. Don't change the subject. Or maybe just try and concentrate. It know, it's hard when you're baked.

UNREALIST , Yosemite_sam: Medical marijuana is legal in this state but we still have people like you who make it harder for sick people to obtain thier medication, by banning dispensaries unnesessarily.

DEJA_VIEW: The "gateway" theory holds no water it has never been scientifically proven, corelation does NOT mean causation. Just because there is a corelation between two things does NOT mean one caused the other, Anyone who reads and interprets data for a living knows that! If the gateway theory were true ( which it's not) the "gateway" would be alcohol or tobacco anyway NOT marijuana as those are the first drugs tried by MOST teens.

as far as recreational marijuana, cannabis has been PROVEN safer than alcohol yet you rail against marijuana but not alcohol, why? I dont believe ANY of you have the right to tell me what I can put in my mind or body and if I choose to pick the SAFER of the two intoxicants that is MY choice, so go have a drink and calm down!

Deja_View,

You might be right that some people move on to other drugs after starting with marijuana, but what does that mean?

Can't alcohol use lead to other drugs as well? Why give alcohol a pass when so much bad comes from its use every day?

From where I'm standing these two drugs are just as bad as the other and should be treated the same.

I find it interesting that the more times you get TF to post his/her spelling, punctuation and sentence structure deteriorate.

I find it interesting that the more you get prohibitionists to post, the more you realize that thier argument is missing something....FACTS!