About 40 percent of high school students have tried marijuana,
although teenagers who take part in sports or other
extracurricular activities are less likely to use the drug, a
new study shows. The findings are based on a survey of 4,097
Connecticut students in the ninth through 12th grades. Although
the research is not a nationally representative sample, the
results are similar to other national studies and offer a
glimpse into the recreational life of a high school student. The
survey, which included 1,906 boys and 2,191 girls, found that
while about 40 percent of girls and boys had ever tried
marijuana, regular use was also common. In the study, about one
in five girls and slightly more than one in four boys reported
having used marijuana in the past month. The study was published
in The Journal of Addiction Medicine. The most likely users were
11th and 12th graders, as well as teenagers who had average
grades in the B to C range or lower. Teenagers in single-parent
households were more likely to report ma