Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Youth Marijuana Use – Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies

This is a literature review that summarizes findings from the peer reviewed, scholarly literature regarding which risk or protective factors are associated with youth use of marijuana. Major findings are presented in a table format that dipslays the risk or protective factor by ecological domain, the outcome related to youth marijuana use or initiation, and provides the citation from the literature. Companion document to Strategies and Interventions to Prevent Youth Marijuana Use others in the June 2014 Marijuana Decision Support Tools series. June 2014.