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Teen Use Of Alcohol, Tobacco Falls To Historic Lows (But All The Media And The Feds Want To Talk About Is Pot)

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013.

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By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

Adolescent consumption of alcohol and tobacco fell to historic lows while self-reported annual use of cannabis held steady, according to survey data released today by the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor — which has been sampling teens consumption of various licit and illicit substances since the mid-1970s.

But you wouldn’t know these facts if you read today’s mainstream media headlines.

For example, the accompanying…

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