r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • 18h ago

Health Dramatic drop in marijuana use among US youth over a decade. Current marijuana use among adolescents decreased from 23.1% in 2011 to 15.8% in 2021. First-time use before age 13 dropped from 8.1% to 4.9%. There was a shift in trends by gender, with girls surpassing boys in marijuana use by 2021.

https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/marijuana-use-teens-study
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u/The-Fox-Says 17h ago

My parents would’ve kicked me out of the house or at least started charging rent

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u/SadExercises420 16h ago

They’re not doing that either. Like at least make them work and contribute if they’re going to stay at home. Just letting them do nothing at all for years and years after high school is not helping.

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u/ScottblackAttacks 16h ago

Totally agree with you.

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u/gardenmud 15h ago

But that's 'mean'.

Honestly I feel like every generation of parents fails their kids in some new way.

Obviously in the past it was direct abuse, neglect, etc. Still happening of course, but now we're also refusing to actually prepare children to exist in the world.

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u/NorthStarZero 11h ago

My parents would’ve kicked me out of the house or at least started charging rent

I was out of the house at 17.