Some of these are: dramatic and unexpected changes in attitudes, drop in school grades, less concentration and motivation, erratic sleeping and eating habits, rapid mood swings, loss of short term memory, changes in friends, drawn back and secretive. ... Parents/up-bringing, lifestyles also play a big role in teenagers lives and if a persons life is stressful at home and then having to come to school and learn, on top of trying to keep up with social activities teenagers may feel that smoking marijuana is a release, an escape from everyday life. ...

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