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Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG)

The resurgence in marijuana use continues, especially among adolescents, with rates of emergency department mentions of marijuana increasing from 1994 to 1995 in 10 cities, the percentage of treatment admissions increasing in 13 areas, and the National Institute of Justice's Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) percentages increasing among juvenile arrests at numerous sites. In several cities, such as Minneapolis/St. Paul, increasing treatment figures have been particularly notable among juveniles. Two factors may be contributing to the dramatic leap in adverse consequences: higher potency and the use of marijuana mixed with or in combination with other dangerous drugs.

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)

Marijuana remains the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. There were an estimated 2.4 million people who started using marijuana in 1995. According to data from the 1996 NHSDA, more than 68.6 million Americans (32 percent) 12 years of age and older have tried marijuana at least once in their lifetimes, and almost 18.4 million (8.6 percent) had used marijuana in the past year. In 1985, 56.5 million Americans (29.4 percent) had tried marijuana at least once in their lifetimes, and 26.1 million (13.6 percent) had used marijuana within the past year.

Index of Terms

Term	Definition
Addiction	ad·dic·tion - n. the condition of being addicted to something [trying to conquer an addiction to drugs]
Alcohol	The world's most popular drug and legally used in most countries. Alcohol is produced through the fermentation of fruits, vegetables or grains.
Cocaine	A bitter, crystalline drug obtained from the dried leaves of the coca shrub; it is a local anesthetic and a dangerous, illegal stimulant; the primary psychoactive ingredient in the coca plant and a behavioral-affecting drug.
Drugs	Drugs essentially are poisons. The degree they are taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant. A greater amount acts as a sedative. A larger amount acts as a poison and can kill one dead. This is true of any drug. Each has a different amount at which it gives those results.
Marijuana	A green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
Tobacco	The leaves of the tobacco plant are smoked in cigarettes, cigars, pipes and chewed as chewing tobacco. Tobacco contains the drug nicotine.

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