Posted on 09/08/2017 6:48:00 AM PDT by Ken H
Past-month cannabis consumption by 12-to-17-year-olds is down by more than 20 percent since 2002.
Survey data released today indicate that teenagers were less likely to smoke pot last year than at any point since 2002, despite the message supposedly sent by the relaxation of marijuana laws during that period.
In the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 6.5 percent of 12-to-17-year-olds reported using marijuana during the previous month, down from 8.2 percent in 2002. That 21-percent decline occurred during a period when 20 states and the District of Columbia legalized marijuana for medical use and eight states legalized it for recreational use.
Adolescent cannabis consumption is even down since 2014, when state-licensed marijuana shops began serving recreational customers in Colorado and Washington. So far Attorney General Jeff Sessions' fear that legalization would make cannabis more appealing to teenagers has not been borne out.
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It’s no longer forbidden fruit.
It lost its coolness factor once the kids saw Grandma toking up.
No need for pot when better drugs are widely available, easier to use, and cheap.
Heroin is cheap and more “cool”.
Great minds think alike.
For your interest.
NSDUH? LOL!
“Heroin is cheap and more “cool”.”
We need to know about usage trends of the Heroin and other drugs.
I’d say sucking in smoke is less and less viewed as cool by the youngsters.
Thanks for the ping.
I’m not surprised by this. The “cool” factor of using cannabis as a teenager is diminished where it’s legal to have, purchase & use.
I am deeply saddened that you did not ping me.
Anyway, upon reading the headline my first thought was “well, more for me!”.
So yay for that.
Another benefit of relegalization.
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