Can you believe how much the number of children caught and criminalized has shot up? Imagine what could happen in the next 10 years if things keep going this way. This is just children here are the facts about overall cannabis related crimes:

People often believe that most teenagers smoke or have smoked marijuana but the truth is that only 1 out of 10 teens in grades 7 to 10 have smoked marijuana and 1 out of 4 teens in their last year of high school have used this drug. When smoking marijuana you could also be endangering other peoples lives because the amount of people driving under the influence of marijuana is getting higher and higher. This not only endangers their life but also the life of whoever is in the car with them. From a survey taken by teens with their driver’s license and who smoke marijuana we found out that 1 in 5 teens will drive while under the influence. Did you know that each year 1.5 million teenagers use marijuana for the first time? 30% of teens in high school smoke marijuana.

Marijuana Users in America - 12 and Older
Year	Ever used	Past Year	Past Month	1st Time
1979	50,322,000	29,869,000	23,790,000	2,850,000
1982	53,312,000	29,685,000	21,507,000	2,080,000
1985	56,547,000	26,145,000	18,641,000	1,860,000
1988	60,755,000	19,492,000	12,353,000	1,589,000
1990	61,266,000	18,931,000	10,913,000	1,448,000
1991	61,900,000	18,067,000	10,366,000	1,483,000
1992	62,075,000	16,322,000	9,676,000	1,648,000
1993	64,149,000	17,510,000	9,610,000	1,924,000
1994	65,229,000	17,813,000	10,112,000	2,220,000
1995	65,545,000	17,755,000	9,842,000	2,439,000
1996	68,571,000	18,398,000	10,095,000	2,531,000
1997	71,112,000	19,446,000	11,109,000	2,469,000
1998	72,070,000	18,710,000	11,016,000	2,512,000
1999	76,428,000	19,102,000	10,458,000	2,322,000
2000	76,321,000	18,589,000	10,714,000	2,440,000
2001	83,272,000	21,086,000	12,122,000	--