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This ad claims: "according to the Colorado state government, marijuana use among high school students has not increased since legalization." "Half True," reports PolitiFact: While there is a slight increase in marijuana use among Colorado high school students, "multiple experts we spoke with said...[it is not] statistically significant. They also said it was too early to draw conclusions..."

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Has Colorado teen pot use not increased since legalization?
October 6, 2016

The ad claimed, "according to the Colorado state government, marijuana use among high school students has not increased since legalization."

Based on the numbers cited, there does appear to have been a slight increase in marijuana use among Colorado’s high school students. However, multiple experts we spoke with said that increase is not statistically significant. They also said it was too early to draw conclusions about marijuana use, and that more years of study will be needed.

We rate the ad’s claim Half True.

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