The Truth About Marijuana. Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States and tends to be the first illegal drug teens use. However, this is not to say that the majority of teens use marijuana. In fact, according to a 1994 survey of high school seniors, while 30.7% used marijuana sometime within the past year, 69.3% did not use marijuana. Additionally, most marijuana users do not go on to use other illegal drugs. Marijuana …showed first 75 words of 474 total…

…showed last 75 words of 474 total…and social life at risk. 8. Face your problems. Using drugs won't help you escape your problems, it will only create more. 9. Be a real friend. If you know someone with a drug problem, be part of the solution. Urge your friend to get help. A recent study of 1,023 trauma patients admitted to a shock trauma unit (receiving only the most seriously injured accident victims), found that one-third had detectable levels of marijuana in their blood.