# Young people are choosing marijuana before cigarettes and alcohol

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/young-people-are-choosing-marijuana-before-cigarettes-and-alcohol/307>\
**Category:** Research Database\
**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/young-people-are-choosing-marijuana-before-cigarettes-and-alcohol/307 "2018-10-31T02:44:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![menshealtharchive](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/archive.menshealtharchive.com/menshealtharchive/32/587_2.png) [@menshealtharchive](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/u/menshealtharchive)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/young-people-are-choosing-marijuana-before-cigarettes-and-alcohol/307/1 "2018-10-31T02:44:57Z")

</div>

> **[Young people are choosing marijuana before cigarettes and alcohol: New research...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180517102358.htm)**
>
> More young people are turning to marijuana as their first substance of choice, rather than smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol, an expert says. He says that young people who start off on marijuana before alcohol or tobacco are more likely to...

  
More young people are turning to marijuana as their first substance of choice, rather than smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol, an expert says. He says that young people who start off on marijuana before alcohol or tobacco are more likely to become heavy users and have cannabis-related problems later in life.