Teen Cannabis Use Keeps Declining Despite Increased Legalization

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Despite fears that the legalization of marijuana might encourage use among adolescents, the rate of marijuana use among teenagers has dropped to its lowest point since 1994. Among youth between the ages of 12 and 17, marijuana usage has been on a downward trend since at least 2002, even though recreational marijuana shops opened in 2014.

Currently, 6.5 percent of individuals in this age range use marijuana on a monthly basis, based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

The same survey from 2014 reported that 7.1 percent of youth aged 12 to 17 used marijuana on a monthly basis compared to 8.2 percent in 2002. Marijuana use among teenagers is declining regardless of whether it is legally available to some members of the public.

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Not that facts ever stand in the way of RW 'truthiness'

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I cant smoke that?

Fuck you, I will smoke it if it kills me (says me when I was 15)

Basic psychology, take the mystery and danger out of something and people get bored with it.

[virtualobserver]

2. Plus....legal sources diminish the profitability of illegal ones.

Illegal suppliers move on to other, more profitable drugs.

[brush]

3. The weed today is 10-20 times stronger than it was back in the day. It takes too long being high now

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I don't know if that's the reason but that's my experience.

The length of the high is like an acid high from before.