More Adolescents Today Smoking Pot Than Cigarette

It's a pretty sad situation that teens in america will have the notion that smoking marijuana is better than smoking smallest tankomizer e cig when, in fact, neither is safe. A Denver Post post, "Teens' marijuana use increases; fewer see it as dangerous drug", by John Ingold, states "While teen tobacco smoking has declined over the previous a decade, marijuana use can be as large as it's been since the early section of the decade." "Nationwide, 21.4 percent of 12th-graders, 16.7 percent of 10th-graders, and 8 percent of 8th-graders claimed having used marijuana in the past 1 month. Each of these figures was higher than the number who reported smoking cigarettes in the past thirty days - 19.2 percent, 13.6 percent, and 7.1 percent, respectively."What could possibly make teenagers feel smoking marijuana is secure, particularly simply because they got the information about tobacco and we have seen its' use in a 10 year decline? Can it possibly be that our capital city, Denver, voted to legalize marijuana; that more medical marijuana shops are open in Denver than Starbucks; that it was a directly defeated ballot measure in the last California election; or the hoopla surrounding the greatest Cannabis Convention in the US currently going on in Denver?We have truly done an injustice to our teenagers, because both tobacco and marijuana have lots of the same ill consequences. "The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that marijuana smokers experience respiratory disturbances much like tobacco smokers, including coughs and lung infections. Also like tobacco, weed may boost the danger of heart attack due to its ability to increase blood pressure and heart rate." "Marijuana includes 50 to 70 % more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke..." Marijuana advocates may argue all they want that they don't smoke as much as cigarette smokers, but that is a needless protection - neither is safe.Let us also handle the recent controversy in the Colorado Legislature regarding the legal limit of THC (the principal drug in pot) for operating a motor vehicle, where the legal and medical communities state the results resemble alcohol. The authorities inform us you will find emotional effects on the youngster developing brain, including these short-term effects: learning and memory problems, trouble with problem solving, distorted perception, and loss of motor control. Surely marijuana use includes a adverse influence on adolescent education, probably leading to fewer young ones going on to university, fewer getting good jobs, and so on.I have no problem with medical marijuana use, to help relieve the pain and suffering of patients with medical requirements. But we have just done a huge disservice to our youth by all of the media and hype by well-intending adults (sic) to get pot on the election ballots, to open medical pot stores for profit, to promote a conference, and who understands what else.It took ages and millions of dollars to show the tide on tobacco use. It now seems we need to start down that route with weed due to the harm already done. One out of five of our high school seniors are regular (in past 30 days) customers. None of us need to be on the "highway" with one behind the wheel - and in the tough job market, these kids will be left behind creating untold social issues for our communities in the years to come.