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I relied upon Colorado Department of Public Health survey results published on their official website on 7 August 2014.

“Preliminary results from the 2013 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey show the percentage of students who perceived a moderate or great risk from marijuana use declined from 58 percent in 2011 to 54 percent in 2013.”

Here’s the link: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/news/news-new-survey-documents-youth-marijuana-use-need-prevention

Medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado in 2011. Drug warriors said legalization would increase use by juveniles. The survey data indicate that the drug warriors were wrong. I can only hypothesize about the underlying cause for that fact. Maybe Colorado does a good job in educating kids on the risks inherent to using marijuana and tobacco since tobacco usage is also down. Maybe weed has lost its appeal as a forbidden fruit. In any case, the fact is that legalization has not caused an increase in underage use of marijuana in Colorado. In fact, the opposite has occurred.

I go to your link and look at it, and what's the first thing it says?

DENVER -- Fewer high school students in Colorado think using marijuana is risky.

So we are basing our conclusion that teen usage is down based on a survey of what high school kids think about the danger of marijuana use? Can you get more asinine in trying to pass that off as a valid piece of data? My thinking is the stoners wouldn't even bother filling out the survey.

Medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado in 2011. Drug warriors said legalization would increase use by juveniles. The survey data indicate that the drug warriors were wrong.

Yes, because High School kids who don't see any danger from Pot usage is totes the same thing as teen usage going down.

In any case, the fact is that legalization has not caused an increase in underage use of marijuana in Colorado. In fact, the opposite has occurred.

Well of course. Taking an opinion survey from High Schoolers on the the dangerous of Pot is exactly the same thing as usage has declined. Exactly. Because teens see less danger, they will obviously use less pot, therefore usage has declined.

Got it.