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Losing war on drugs, says survey

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has released a survey with some interesting findings. One is that the percentage of high schools with "drug problems" has gone from 41% in 2002 to 62% in 2005. What became of the ONDCP claims that they're winning The War on Drugs?

The finding that I personally found most interesting was that 32% of students who see 3 or more R-rated movies a month smoke marijuana. Those who stick to PG-13 have a smoking rate of only 5%. This was thrown in with a bunch of findings that may actually have a causal connection to drug use, like parental approval, moral stance, and concern about harmfulness.

Teens who are a bit more adventurous are likely to want to see R-rated movies and smoke pot than the meeker ones. That's pretty obvious. I expect to see a campaign to prevent kids from seeing the movies to prevent them from smoking pot. That'll work.

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