Juvenile Smoking and Marijuana Use
Juvenile Smoking leading to use Marijuana (Research Methods for Criminal Justice)
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Abstract
Research has found that teenagers who used cigarettes were twelve times more likely to graduate to marijuana use. A similar study conducted by Denise Kandel (1992) revealed that use of marijuana affects dopamine levels in the brain in a similar way to nicotine. Cigarette smoking facilitates consumption of other substances. Smoking cigarettes initiate juveniles into the sensation of drug inhalation, which desensitizes them from the feeling of smoke clouding their lungs. This paper finds that marijuana pervades the life of a juvenile tobacco smoker. Teenagers who smoke cigarettes are six times more likely to try buying marijuana in one hour, and eighteen times more likely to report marijuana use among their friends. Among repeat juvenile marijuana smokers, sixty percent first attempted cigarettes. The papers findings indicate that a reduction in juvenile cigarette smoking can be effective in reducing the use of marijuana among teenagers.
Juvenile Smoking Leading to Use Marijuana
Introduction
The National Centre on Addiction and Substance Abuse study set out to examine the association between juvenile use of cigarettes and marijuana use. Their findings included;
• Teenagers who use cigarettes are fourteen times more likely to use marijuana.
• Among teens using marijuana, those who do not use cigarettes have tried marijuana once.
• Teenagers who have used marijuana and are current tobacco users are sixty percent more likely to be repeat smokers of marijuana.
• Juveniles, who smoke cigarettes, are 6 times more likely than those who have never used cigarettes to report ability to acquire marijuana in less than an hour.
• 60% of repeat juvenile marijuana smokers tried smoking cigarettes first.
There exists a need for information on when smoking becomes a
Name:
Institution:
Abstract
Research has found that teenagers who used cigarettes were twelve times more likely to graduate to marijuana use. A similar study conducted by Denise Kandel (1992) revealed that use of marijuana affects dopamine levels in the brain in a similar way to nicotine. Cigarette smoking facilitates consumption of other substances. Smoking cigarettes initiate juveniles into the sensation of drug inhalation, which desensitizes them from the feeling of smoke clouding their lungs. This paper finds that marijuana pervades the life of a juvenile tobacco smoker. Teenagers who smoke cigarettes are six times more likely to try buying marijuana in one hour, and eighteen times more likely to report marijuana use among their friends. Among repeat juvenile marijuana smokers, sixty percent first attempted cigarettes. The papers findings indicate that a reduction in juvenile cigarette smoking can be effective in reducing the use of marijuana among teenagers.
Juvenile Smoking Leading to Use Marijuana
Introduction
The National Centre on Addiction and Substance Abuse study set out to examine the association between juvenile use of cigarettes and marijuana use. Their findings included;
• Teenagers who use cigarettes are fourteen times more likely to use marijuana.
• Among teens using marijuana, those who do not use cigarettes have tried marijuana once.
• Teenagers who have used marijuana and are current tobacco users are sixty percent more likely to be repeat smokers of marijuana.
• Juveniles, who smoke cigarettes, are 6 times more likely than those who have never used cigarettes to report ability to acquire marijuana in less than an hour.
• 60% of repeat juvenile marijuana smokers tried smoking cigarettes first.
There exists a need for information on when smoking becomes a
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