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In study, Boston area tallies highest rate of marijuana use
Tops 12 percent, US survey finds
By Kadesha M Thomas, Globe Correspondent | June 17, 2005
The Boston area is the nation's capital for marijuana use, according to a federal study that found that more than 12 percent of the area's youths and adults smoked pot. Public health officials and other observers chalked the high ranking up to the large population of college students and to relatively liberal attitudes toward marijuana in the region.