The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
Marihuana - A Signal of Misunderstanding.
Chapter II
marihuana use and its effects
PROFILES OF USERS
Several studies by the Commission and many other recent college and high school surveys
have elucidated a variety of personality types or categories of marihuana users. These
profiles relate primarily to the patterns depicted above and to the meaning of marihuana
use for various individuals. Essentially we will describe a continuum with much
overlapping among the categories. The reader should understand that group identification
is at best a hazardous occupation; the traits described are not exclusive to marihuana
users. A much larger number of individuals who have not used the drug can be similarly
described.
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