Photo: #This Feb. 15, 2010, photo shows a package of K2 which contains herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
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This Feb. 15, 2010, photo shows a package of K2 which contains herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. (Kelley McCall/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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A new survey from the National Institutes of Health reports that while smoking and drinking by teens is at a record-low, use of natural and synthetic marijuana is on the rise.

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