An analysis of federal data published in the journal Pediatric Reports found that the percentage of high school students who reported consuming marijuana has declined significantly over much of the past decade.
A team of researchers affiliated with Florida Atlantic University examined cannabis use data for more than 88,000 high school students from 2011 to 2021. Data were collected twice a year by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Consistent with other studies, the researchers reported: “The results of this study indicate a downward trend in marijuana use among U.S. high school students from 2011 to 2021. “It's part of a broader trend to” around the same time. The large decreases observed in both the “ever used marijuana” and “current marijuana use” categories highlight the promise of a decline in marijuana use among adolescents, and the amount of use has fallen to about 70 percent of the level recorded in 2011. Marijuana users under the age of 13 have fallen to about 60 percent of what they were in 2011. ”
Separate data compiled by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration similarly reports a significant decline in marijuana use among 12- to 17-year-olds over the past decade.
Commenting on this data in a recent editorial, NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano wrote: Abuse.
“Common sense regulations that allow the legal and licensed commercial production and sale of cannabis best meet the demands of adult consumers while keeping cannabis products mostly out of the hands of young people.In contrast, cannabis Continued criminalization will only increase the public safety risks that unregulated markets pose to young people and others.”
The full study, “Trends in Marijuana Use Among U.S. Adolescents,” is published in Pediatric Reports. Additional information is available from NORML’s fact sheet “Marijuana Regulation and Teen Usage Rates.”
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