increase marijuana use among youth. Oregon like Colorado currently has the nation??s third highest rate of marijuana use among youth, ages 12 ?? 17.5. Adult drug treatment admissions for marijuana use in Oregon have soared above all other illegal drugs. Oregonians will continue to say NO to marijuana legalization attempts! There are people in Colorado who understand the true effects of marijuana on the brain and behavior, they did not vote for the constitutional amendment on the ballot. Most people in Colorado choose to be ignorant of the extensive research that has been conducted and instead choose to rely on their personal experience of getting high. It is commonly heard here that smoking marijuana is harmless and is considerably less damaging than alcohol and presents a safer alternative for society. They overlook research Dr. Thurstone and others have conducted. We were told that if we allowed medical marijuana to be available that prices would go down, they haven't. The medical marijuana purveyors have chosen to sell at street prices to keep their profit margins high, as high as their customers who sometimes leave their shops to drive home impaired. If the marijuana is ingested via food products, these medical marijuana shops will be allowed to accept SNAP, also called food stamps - a program that was intended to make sure the poor have adequate nutrition. This means all taxpayers will subsidize these sellers. I, for one, feel we have made an error in legalizing marijuana. Over time, the truth will