Marijuana poses greater risk to youth

This is the second installment of a two-part series on marijuana and its relationship to the Fallbrook community, specifically the community’s youth.

Schizophrenia, hallucinations and delusions are some of the risks posed to teenage marijuana smokers, a new study finds.

The Brain Institute at the University of Queensland in Australia studied 3,800 young people born between 1981 and 1984. At ages 14 and 21, researchers asked the subjects and their mothers about their mental health record and if they had smoked marijuana. 14% had smoked marijuana for 6 years or more.

“For those who started using...