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CommonHealth: Fewer 'High Risk' Teens Are Experimenting With Marijuana

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Marijuana seedlings in trays at the NETA cultivation center in Franklin. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Marijuana seedlings in trays at the NETA cultivation center in Franklin. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

New research suggests there does not seem to be an increase in teen use of marijuana, even as more states legalize the drug.

The researchers in the journal Pediatrics suggest that there are fewer teens considered "high risk " that are experimenting with substances.

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Carey Goldberg, host of WBUR's CommonHealth blog, which tweets @commonhealth.

This segment aired on November 6, 2017.

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Carey Goldberg Editor, CommonHealth
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