Legalized pot doesn't spur teen use, study says

Legalized pot doesn't spur teen use, study says

Legalized Medical Pot Doesn't Spur Teen Use, Study Finds,Legal medical marijuana hasn't encouraged more kids to smoke, a new study found. (arguments for legalized medical marijuana | arguments against legalized medical marijuana). Researchers compared stats on teen pot use in a state with legalized medical marijuana Rhode Island, United States with its neighbor, Massachusetts, that doesn't have legal medical marijuana, and found no increase.Legalizing medical marijuana in Rhode Island did not increase illegal use of the drug among the state's youths, a new study shows.

"Our study did not find increases in adolescent marijuana use related to Rhode Island's 2006 legalization of medical marijuana; however, additional research may follow future trends as medical marijuana in Rhode Island and other states becomes more widely used," study researcher Dr. Esther Choo, of Brown University, said in a statement.

Rhode Island Hospital researchers aimed to assess the impact of Rhode Island's legalization of medical marijuana. They looked at survey results from 32,570 middle school and high school students in Rhode Island and Massachusetts collected as part of the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System. The surveys were completed between 1997 and 2009.

The researchers found no difference in illegal marijuana use among youths between the Rhode Island and Massachusetts in any year. (Massachusetts has not legalized medical marijuana.)

The idea of legalizing medical marijuana has raised concerns about the drug subsequently becoming increasingly accessible to adolescents, who are most vulnerable to the adverse consequences of marijuana, according to Choo, who is also an emergency physician at Rhode Island Hospital.

Choo will present the study's findings tomorrow (Nov. 2) at the American Public Health Association meeting in Washington, D.C.

Walking Dead Board Game: The Perfect Summer Excuse to Stay Inside

All of our favorite nerd pursuits combined into one product.

Just when I thought I was going to die of nerve explosion while waiting for the next season of AMC's The Walking Deadcomic-to-tv adaptation, Z-Man Games and author Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment announced a joint venture to bring the very first Walking Dead board game to retail this summer.

We don't have very many details about gameplay beyond the general idea: beating up zombies, trying to live, collecting supplies, and so forth--pretty standard fare that with this license is going to be pretty awesome.

Robert Kirkman heartily endorses it, and he ain't no shmuck: "I've always loved board games, but never knew they could be this cool! We've done test plays of The Walking Dead board game at the office, and the game play scenarios ring true to what Rick and the other survivors face in the comic book. I couldn't be more impressed with Z-Man Games."

The game will be for 1-6 players, which means you can even play the board game based on the zombie comic book all by your lonesome, officially becoming the saddest image in the entire world. Though if this game plays out anything like Z-Man's amazing storytelling game Tales of the Arabian Nights, everything will be just fine.

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 Paul Kaczynski (Pawel Kuczynski) was born in 1976 in Poland. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Poznan. Works in the genre of social caricature.