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Study Links Early Marijuana Use to Later Drug Dependency

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Published January 22, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

A new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association supports the "gateway drug theory," which states that early marijuana use increases the likelihood of using other drugs or becoming dependent on drugs or alcohol. NPR's Vicky Que reports.

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