After California Decriminalized Marijuana, Teen Arrest, Overdose, and Dropout Rates Fell
"A new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
adds to the growing body of evidence that legalizing or decriminalizing
marijuana does not lead to any number of doomsday scenarios envisioned
by legalization opponents. Looking specifically at California, where full marijuana decriminalization
went into effect on Jan. 1, 2011, the report finds that 'marijuana
decriminalization in California has not resulted in harmful consequences
for teenagers, such as increased crime, drug overdose, driving under
the influence, or school dropout. In fact, California teenagers showed
improvements in all risk areas after reform.'"
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