Relationship between cannabis and other criminal activities and behaviors.

Scientists have conducted a research to analyses relationship between cannabis and other criminal activities and behaviors. Researchers wanted to establish not only the criminal activities and behaviors but also the relationship between cannabis and school achievement. Many other tests have been created before and it seems like the relationship was not existing but in this study, researcher found other results. No only they concluded that young marijuana user had trouble in school achievement later in their life. Also they found that young marijuana user were more likely to commit criminal action as for example theft, vandalism, assault and suicide later in their life. They are also more likely to have a circle of friends using drugs or doing criminal activities. They normally also have a bad vision of school, they don’t see the importance of academic results and they have an increase of risk taking, sexual behavior problem, self-deviance and violence.

J S Brook, E B Balka, and M Whiteman.  The risks for late adolescence of early adolescent marijuana use. American Journal of Public Health October 1999: Vol. 89, No. 10, pp. 1549-1554.