the facts : Of the 16 million drug users in America, 77 percent use marijuana and 60 percent of teenagers in treatment have a primary marijuana diagnosis, according to Burns. \"No drug matches the threat posed by marijuana marijuana is not harmless but has risen as a factor in emergency room visits 176 percent since 1994, surpassing heroin. marijuana and its addictive properties in addition to being a \"gateway drug†for many people. According to National Institute of Justice statistics on arrests, 39 percent of the males and 26 percent of the females test positive for marijuana, and 53 percent of male juveniles and 38 percent of female juveniles test positive. More people enter drug treatment every year because of marijuana as their drug of choice 2001 study of students in grades 8-10 showed 20 percent of 8th graders had used marijuana and 9 percent were current users, defined as having used the drug within the past 30 days. By the 12th grade, nearly half of the students had tried marijuana and 22 percent were current users --- those are the facts if you disagree, you clearly are a drug addict. This website should be shut down.