Marijuana use is on the rise, especially among young adults.

According to a national survey conducted by the Substance Abuse Health Service Administration the use of illicit drugs increased between 2008 and 2010, revealing that 8.9% of the population were current illicit drug users. Marijuana seemed to be one of the prime factors in the overall rise.

"The medical marijuana efforts to pass in various states and that whole argument decreases young peoples attitudes that there...