Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States and the first illicit drug teens use.

Marijuana available today can be 10 times as potent as that used in the 60s.

Research findings indicate that long-term use of marijuana produces changes in the brain similar to those seen after long-term use of other major drugs of abuse.

Marijuana can be laced with dangerous chemicals such as PCP, heroin, pesticides, LSD, cocaine and crack cocaine.