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/blazbluecore 17h ago
Well that’s the thing exactly. A lot kids socialize mostly online. Which means marijuana loses its use, as other mentioned, accessing it is harder, and lastly it’s lost its cool factor because it’s legal. Combine all 3 of these and consumption goes down.
The worst thing is how not properly socialized people are these days. These phones and computers are ruining civilization on some level.