A recent report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University detailed some alarming statistics regarding marijuana abuse among teens.
Some of the trends noted were that there was an increase of more than 135% in the number of drug-related emergency room visits for marijuana among 12-17 yr olds from 1995 to 2002. There was also nearly a 500% increase in the number of admissions to addiction treatment centers listing marijuana as the primary problem from 1992 to 2006.
One of the reasons for this can be said to be pop culture glamorization of the drug, but CASA noted that the increase in potency of marijuana as been by 175 percent from 1992 to 2006.
With millions of people abusing and becoming addicted to drugs of all kinds, including marijuana, the need for successful drug rehab centers has never been more clear.