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Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth

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Non-Systematic Review

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Last Reviewed: October 2021

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup

This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) guide aims to review the literature on preventing marijuana use among youth, distill the research into recommendations for practice, and provide examples of the ways these recommendations can be implemented.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of adolescents who used marijuana in the past month — SU‑06
Getting worse

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2021). Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/resource/ebp/preventing-marijuana-use-among-youth.