USE OF MARIJUANA AMONG YOUNG AMERICANS IS ON THE RISE: STUDY

Fri 26 August 2022:

According to a new study, marijuana and psychedelic substance use among young Americans reached all-time highs last year. According to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future study, 43% of the 5,000 young people aged 19 to 30 who participated in the survey in 2021 reported having used marijuana in the previous year, up from 34% in 2016 and 29% in 2011.

In 2021, 29% of respondents reported having used marijuana within the previous month, up from 21% in 2016 and 17% in 2011.

The percentage of people who use marijuana on a daily basis has risen from 6% in 2011 to 8% in 2016 and is expected to reach 11% by 2021.

The National Institutes of Health-funded study’s authors stated that the 2021 marijuana consumption statistics represented the “highest levels ever documented since these trends were started studied in 1988.”

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In terms of hallucinogen use, 8% of young adults reported that they had used LSD, MDMA, mescaline, peyote, “shrooms,” or PCP during the previous year, up from 5% in 2016 and 3% in 2011.

A little less than 82% of those polled said they had consumed alcohol in the preceding year, compared to 83.5% in 2016 and 83.8% in 2011.

Although recreational cannabis is now legal in nearly 20 US states, the study did not provide any explanations for the growth in marijuana usage among young adults.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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