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Survey: Marijuana use among Colorado kids has not significantly changed since legalization
ABC7 Denver ^ | Aug 03, 2020 | Robert Garrison

Posted on 08/08/2020 11:03:43 AM PDT by NobleFree

Newly-released data shows the majority of Colorado’s youth are participating in healthy behaviors and that marijuana use among school-aged children has not significantly changed since legalization.

The data comes from the bi-annual statewide Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) conducted last year with more than 100,000 students participating. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) released the results of the survey Monday.

The survey shows marijuana use among school-aged kids has stayed relatively flat since legalization, but the way kids are using marijuana has changed. In 2019, 20.6% of youth said they use marijuana compared to 19.4% in 2017. More youth are now vaping marijuana -- 10.6% in 2019 compared to 5.1% in 2015. Dabbing rose from 4.3% in 2015 to 20.4% in 2019.

A troubling finding in the survey shows more youth are experiencing depression, but the percentage of youth who have seriously considered suicide and attempted suicide has not changed. In 2019, 34.7% of youth reported feeling so sad or hopeless, up from 31.4% in 2017 and 29.5% in 2015.

The results indicate that children experience less mental health problems and avoid unhealthy behaviors when they have access to trusted adults, a stable family life and safe schools, according CDPHE analysis of the survey results.

Other highlights of the survey include:

Tobacco use/Vaping: In Colorado, the percent of youth who vape has not significantly changed since 2015, and cigarette use is declining. In 2019, 5.7% of youth reported smoking cigarettes compared to 7.2% in 2017. In 2019, 25.9% of youth reported vaping compared to 27.0% in 2017. This is not a statistically significant change. The percent of youth who think vaping is risky rose 23.2% between 2017 and 2019

Sexual health: The percent of youth who have had sex has not significantly changed since 2015. In 2019, 24.6% of youth said they were sexually active. Of those youth, 59.4% used a condom the last time they had sex, 79.2% used birth control, and 78.5% said they didn’t use drugs or alcohol before sex.

Healthy Eating: In Colorado, sugary beverage consumption by youth is decreasing. In 2019, 14.4% of youth consumed more than one soda per day in the last week compared to 15.8% in 2017. The percent of youth who are overweight or obese has not significantly changed since 2015.

Substance use: Youth who report that they use alcohol (29.6%), marijuana (20.6%), or vape (25.9%) has not significantly changed since 2015. Cigarette use among youth has decreased from 7.2% in 2017 to 5.7% in 2019.

Protective factors: Most youth in Colorado reported having a trusted adult to go to for help. In 2019, 72.7% of youth report having a trusted adult to go to for help with a serious problem, 87.4% of youth think their family has clear rules about alcohol and drug use, and 86.2% of youth report feeling safe at school.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cannabis; colorado; dopersrights; drugabuse; marijuana; minorinpossession; pot; potheads; rockymountainhigh; teenagesmokers; wod
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To: NobleFree

Ping


41 posted on 08/08/2020 11:47:17 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Karma_Sherab

Cheaper and better quality now.


42 posted on 08/08/2020 11:47:55 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
Pinging me to a thread I posted ... how thoughtful. ;^D
43 posted on 08/08/2020 11:48:54 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
Ask those who are doing heroin,coke,crack,meth,etc and 99.9% of them will tell you they started off with grass.

Gateway drug...regardless of what various "enlightened progressives" might claim.

44 posted on 08/08/2020 11:51:07 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: NobleFree

Nothing brings FReepers together in an orgy of intellectual discourse like a pot thread.


45 posted on 08/08/2020 11:51:20 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: NobleFree

Not sure 1% is insignificant.


46 posted on 08/08/2020 11:53:07 AM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: NobleFree

Marijuana has been shown to cause brain damage by major medical schools.It’s also been shown to cause lung damage...again,major medical schools.


47 posted on 08/08/2020 11:53:17 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: SpaceBar

Nothing brings FReepers together in an orgy of intellectual discourse like a pot thread.

post of the week ...always love to read a pot thread


48 posted on 08/08/2020 11:58:17 AM PDT by curdogmen (we got a dog in this hunt)
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To: NobleFree

Just Google, there are many many stories. Get out from under the thumb of Big Mairjuana. It will ruin your life.


49 posted on 08/08/2020 11:58:54 AM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Ask those who are doing heroin,coke,crack,meth,etc and 99.9% of them will tell you they started off with grass.”

Most of them will tell you they started off with alcohol; what ought we do about that?


50 posted on 08/08/2020 11:59:07 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
You have long been immune from evidence on this subject.

I've watched occasional users go to regular users and previously sober people show up loaded at work.

I've watched parents condone adolescent usage under the age old excuse "I'd rather them do it at home".

I've watched outdoor party spots move from littered with beer cans to more crowed pot parties, especially during COVID.

But you seem to judge reality based on self-reporting surveys.

The local governments are making a fortune from the taxes and the cartels haven't missed a nickel.....but you're waiting for data....

51 posted on 08/08/2020 11:59:08 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
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To: kaehurowing

“Just Google”

Lazy blowhard.


52 posted on 08/08/2020 11:59:45 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

Ah....so a .2% increase at least! :)


53 posted on 08/08/2020 12:00:44 PM PDT by xp38
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To: G Larry

“You have long been immune from evidence on this subject.”

What evidence have you ever posted?


54 posted on 08/08/2020 12:01:08 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
The Colorado Department of Public Health released the survey? Geez what’s not to trust about that?

Feel free to post better data.

Whether I post more reliable data or not, public health, public health officials and public health data have become corrupt.

I was just on a thread about Twitter denying any information about HCQ that doesn't come from "public health officials". So of course they don't allow any medical opinions that are pro HCQ.

The health-government complex is not reliable. That includes the Colorado Department of Health that is most likely part of that. You should acknowledge that.

55 posted on 08/08/2020 12:01:25 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: bert

I think I can say with certainty that Colt’s kids will not smoke dope

Where is Colt now a’days any way?


Colt? He’s in jail in Hawaii. Once drugs get you they never let go.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/04/former-uh-quarterback-colt-brennan-arrested-kona-trespassing-while-heavily-intoxicated/

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/12/11/hawaii-news/former-university-of-hawaii-quarterback-colt-brennan-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui/


56 posted on 08/08/2020 12:01:55 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Gay State Conservative

Alcohol and tobacco have been shown to cause damage; what ought we do about that?


57 posted on 08/08/2020 12:02:21 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: G Larry

“Are we supposed to believe that adult usage skyrocketed but adolescent use remained flat?”

Why not? Pot use among adolescents in this CO town is not considered “cool,” or whatever term of approbation they are using this week. Even the little morons who vape are not vaping pot.

If you’re old enough, just think back to the way fans of the Doors and Hendrix regarded the rat pack and their drinking. Kids at Woodstock didn’t suddenly shoot bolt upright, shake their heads, and say, “What am I doing? I’ve got to get a tuxedo and a martini.”


58 posted on 08/08/2020 12:02:29 PM PDT by dsc (We are competing against Soros money poured onto a hive mentality.)
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To: NobleFree

Laws reflect the existing morals and attitudes of society. Laws do not, as statists/leftist believe, directly social-engineer behaviors.


59 posted on 08/08/2020 12:02:32 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Gay State Conservative

As I keep on telling the potheads, there’s overwhelming evidence out there that dope causes major mental problems and brain damage, but they never listen. The synapses are gone. The first thing drug use does is overwhelm the portions of the brain used for self-control and reasoning, and then it is downhill from there.


60 posted on 08/08/2020 12:04:21 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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