By Health Day News, CBS News

Published June 29, 2010

(HealthDay News) — Among pregnant teens admitted for substance abuse treatment, the proportion treated for methamphetamine abuse more than quadrupled — from 4.3 percent to 18.8 percent — between 1992 and 2007, while admission rates for marijuana abuse more than doubled, from 19.3 percent to 45.9 percent, a new government study shows.

During that same time, admission rates for alcohol abuse dropped from 44.1 percent to 20.3 percent of all pregnant teen admissions, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. That means that marijuana is now the primary cause of admission to substance abuse treatment among pregnant teens.

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Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

on “Medical” Marijuana

“I believe that medical questions are best decided not by popular vote, but by science. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which studies and approves all medicines in the United States, has made very clear that the raw marijuana plant is not medicine, and any state considering medical marijuana should look very carefully at what has happened in California.” ONDCP Press Statement – October 2009

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Hope you all had a great time!!!