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A review of recent studies suggests that parental monitoring may be key in reducing teen use of marijuana. Psychologists Andrew Lac and William Crano from Claremont Graduate University reviewed 17 studies containing data on over 35,000 teens to examine the connection between parental monitoring and adolescent marijuana use. In all studies, parental monitoring was evaluated according to adolescent self-reporting, not parents' reports.

Lac and Crano found that there is a strong, consistent link between parental monitoring and decreased marijuana use in adolescents. The strongest results appeared in female-only studies, suggesting that girls in particular may benefit from parental monitoring. In their report, the authors wrote: "Our review suggests that parents are far from irrelevant, even when it comes to an illegal and often secretive behavior on the part of their children."

Chronic use of marijuana is associated with a number of negative outcomes, including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer.

(Source: www.sciencedaily.com)

Labels: marijuana, teen drug use

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