A little old since 2006, I will try to find more. http://http://www.gdcada.org/statistics/marijuana.htm
Marijuana Statistics
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.1
The percentage of youth aged 12–17 indicating a great risk of smoking marijuana once a month remained unchanged between 1999 and 2000 (37.2% in 1999 and 37.7% in 2000).2
Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals, including most of the harmful substances found in tobacco smoke. Smoking one marijuana cigarette deposits about four times more tar into the lungs than a filtered tobacco cigarette.3
Harvard University researchers report the risk of a heart attack is five times higher than usual in the hour after smoking marijuana.4
The risk of using cocaine is estimated to be more than 104 times greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it.5
Smoking marijuana can injure or destroy lung tissue. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50–70% more of some cancer causing chemicals than does tobacco smoke.6
Reaction time for motor skills, such as driving, is reduced by 41% after smoking one joint and is reduced 63% after smoking two joints.7
There have been over 7,000 published scientific and medical studies documenting the damage that marijuana poses. Not one study has shown marijuana to be safe.7
Sources
1 U.S. Dept. of Justice
2 U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
3 Drug Enforcement Administration
4 Marijuana & Heart Attacks, Washington Post, 3/3/2000
5 Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know, National Institute on Drug Abuse
6 American Lung Association
Fact of the matter is that the amount that already smoke it really could care less if it is legal or not. In the long run people will do it anyways and it will still most likely be illegal due to the majority that oppose it will make a stand rather than supporters of it will.
Marijuana Statistics
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.1
The percentage of youth aged 12–17 indicating a great risk of smoking marijuana once a month remained unchanged between 1999 and 2000 (37.2% in 1999 and 37.7% in 2000).2
Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals, including most of the harmful substances found in tobacco smoke. Smoking one marijuana cigarette deposits about four times more tar into the lungs than a filtered tobacco cigarette.3
Harvard University researchers report the risk of a heart attack is five times higher than usual in the hour after smoking marijuana.4
The risk of using cocaine is estimated to be more than 104 times greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it.5
Smoking marijuana can injure or destroy lung tissue. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50–70% more of some cancer causing chemicals than does tobacco smoke.6
Reaction time for motor skills, such as driving, is reduced by 41% after smoking one joint and is reduced 63% after smoking two joints.7
There have been over 7,000 published scientific and medical studies documenting the damage that marijuana poses. Not one study has shown marijuana to be safe.7
Sources
1 U.S. Dept. of Justice
2 U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
3 Drug Enforcement Administration
4 Marijuana & Heart Attacks, Washington Post, 3/3/2000
5 Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know, National Institute on Drug Abuse
6 American Lung Association
Fact of the matter is that the amount that already smoke it really could care less if it is legal or not. In the long run people will do it anyways and it will still most likely be illegal due to the majority that oppose it will make a stand rather than supporters of it will.
