Children and teenagers who have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder are at a higher risk for abusing marijuana, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

• Researchers followed 693 people over a decade.
• Thirty-one were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorders as teenagers, and they were more likely to be among the 161 in the study who abused marijuana.
• Other research has shown that adults with post-traumatic stress disorders were three times more likely to become dependent on marijuana.
  

This study appeared in the journal Addictive Behaviors.

Labels: teen_drug_use, marijuana, ptsd, trauma

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