Moderate Cannabis Use Not Associated With Delinquent Behaviour

[Dragonfan]

NORML

 

11 December, 2008

Toulouse, France

 

Marijuana use is not an independent predictor of delinquent behavior by young people, according to data to be published in the journal Addictive Behavior.

 

Investigators at the French University de Toulouse-Le Mirail reviewed survey data from 312 high-school seniors. Researchers performed multiple regression analyses to investigate the potential contribution of cannabis use and other cofounding variables in delinquent behavior.

 

Investigators concluded, “Cannabis use was no more a significant independent predictor of delinquent behaviors after adjustments for alcohol use and [other] variables.”

 

Authors did cite an association between heavy marijuana use and delinquency, even after adjusting for other variables.

 

A 2007 study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reported that cannabis use among young people was not associated with poor academic performance or deviant behavior. “Compared with abstainers, [marijuana users] are more socially driven and do not seem to have psychosocial problems at a higher rate,” the study found.

 

Responding to the new report, NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said, “The moderate use of marijuana, even by young people, is not associated with delinquent, violent, or other anti-social behaviors. This finding was first reported in 1972 by the U.S. Shafer Commission, which concluded, ‘Marihuana (sic) is not generally viewed by participants in the criminal justice community as a major contributing influence in the commission of delinquent or criminal acts.’ This conclusion remains just as applicable today.”

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Responding to the new report, NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said, “The moderate use of marijuana, even by young people, is not associated with delinquent, violent, or other anti-social behaviors. This finding was first reported in 1972 by the U.S. Shafer Commission, which concluded, ‘Marihuana (sic) is not generally viewed by participants in the criminal justice community as a major contributing influence in the commission of delinquent or criminal acts.’ This conclusion remains just as applicable today.”

 

 

Keep stacking those reports away dragonfan