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APA Bibliographic Entry

Schmidt, L., Jacobs, L., and Spetz, P. (2016) Young people’s more permissive views

about marijuana: Local impact of state laws or national trend?. American Journal

of Public Health 106.8 : 1498-1503. Retrieved from

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(Schmidt, Jacobs, and Spetz, 2016, 1498)

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In their article “Young People’s More Permissive Views About Marijuana: Local Impact of State Laws or National Trend?” Laurie Schmidt, Laurie Jacobs, and Joanne Spetz (2016) analyze data over a span of 10 years from the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2004-2013) to determine if relaxed medical marijuana laws within states encourage young people to adopt a more positive stance towards marijuana. The authors assert that, according to their analysis, while relaxed marijuana laws within a state didn’t appear to directly result in youth within that particular state acquiring more permissive attitudes towards the drug, the authors did detect, over the time of the study, a national trend of youth adopting a more positive attitude towards the drug as some states relaxed their marijuana laws.

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This article was published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. Moreover, having been published just three years ago, it provides current information on the topic.

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This article provides recent evidence, in an American context, that as states relax their marijuana laws, at the national level, youth appear to be adopting a more positive stance towards marijuana. This article provides support for my contention that as Canada legalizes marijuana, Canadian youth may increasingly view the drug as less harmful.