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Teens Using E-Cigarettes To Get High

BOSTON (CBS) - A warning for parents. A surprising number of young people are using electronic cigarettes…not to stop smoking but to get high.

In fact, Yale researchers found that 1 in 5 high school students reports using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis instead of nicotine, a less conspicuous way of using marijuana.

The number of middle and high school students using e-cigarettes tripled between 2013 and 2014.

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