Marijuana Prevention

The Marijuana Prevention Initiative is a national effort to dispel common misconceptions about marijuana. It is aimed at youth, parents, and other influential adults. With national advertising and other outreach activities, it is designed to get the message out that marijuana is a serious drug with serious consequences.

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Policy Focus

What's Wrong With Permitting the Use of Smoked Marijuana? View our Medical Marijuana Reality Check Fact Sheet for information.

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What Works: Effective Public Health Responses to Drug Use: This booklet highlights several of the cost-effective, research-tested demand reduction initiatives that have proven successful in the United States and could be helpful to countries around the world in addressing their own drug abuse challenges.