“Make sure you know your partner. You might think he or she is perfect. But they might have a sexual history before you, and they are too shy to let it out.”
—Joshua, 17, New Jersey
Does marijuana lead to the use of other drugs?
It could. Studies of high school students show that few young people use other illegal drugs without first smoking weed. The risk of using cocaine is 104 times higher for people who have tried marijuana than for those who never tried it. Once you try marijuana, you start to know drug dealers who sell other drugs, too. So, it becomes easier to get other drugs.
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