Persistent, heavy use of marijuana is associated with economic and social problems in adults, according to an international study led by researchers at UC Davis.
The analysis was done on a group of more than 900 people whom researchers have followed since they were born almost 40 years ago.
In the study, the people who smoked marijuana four or more times per week over many years were much more likely to end up in a lower social class than their parents.
“By that we mean they ended up in jobs that were lower paying, they were less prestigious and they required less skills than jobs that their parents have,” said lead author Magdalena Cerda, an associate professor of emergency medicine at UC Davis.
[For more of this story, written by Lisa Aliferis, go to http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhea...Q&_hsmi=27660573]
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