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Survey: 35% Of Idaho HS Used Pot

About 35 percent of Idaho high school students surveyed last year reported using marijuana at least once. And nearly 19 percent — about one in five students — said they used the illegal drug within the past 30 days. That’s up by about 5 percent over 2009. Those statistics are included in the 2011 Idaho Youth Risk Behavior Survey, released earlier this month by the Idaho State Department of Education. Kim Dopson, clinical director for Pro Active Advantage in Twin Falls, said some teenagers say marijuana is more accessible to them than alcohol. “It is becoming dangerously prevalent,” she said/Julie Wootton, Twin Falls Times News. More here.

Question: Anyone here willing to admit s/he once smoked pot?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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