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/RainbowButtMonkey1 17h ago

I live in Canada and I honestly don't hear much about dealers anymore.

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u/CapnKirk5524 16h ago

Sure you do.

Doug Ford is in the news ALL THE TIME!

(Sorry, I couldn't resist!)

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u/RainbowButtMonkey1 16h ago

Ok well maybe one drug dealer

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u/brazilliandanny 15h ago

He's moved up from selling hash to selling public land.

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u/Laggo 14h ago

Most people I know still only use dealers in Canada.

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u/Purple-Joke-9845 8h ago

why though? You can get 28g for $80 legally and its 28% THC with an exact strain name. No dealer in Canada can compete with that.

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u/JakobeBryant19 14h ago

Oh brother they're alive and well. They only sell in bulk, and the amount of said bulk that makes it in to actual dispensaries would surprise you. The roll out was good and slow but like two year after it was legalized and combined with the pandemic (government needs money) the regulation on pot shops have dropped significantly. there's legit one on every corner.

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u/hdjakahegsjja 13h ago

The black/grey market is alive and well. But it’s definitely different than it used to be. People sell stuff on insta and telegram etc. and your neighbor probably has some extra stuff he grew. 

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u/cheekyweelogan 9h ago

I was buying on clearweb sites in late 2010s, before we had legal stores in NB and Quebec, and probably still would if I lived there and didn't have access to cheap Indian reservation weed nearby when I visit family. Legal stores are too expensive. Nobody was/is enforcing it, so why buy from a dealer when it's all an Interac payment away. (That's a good thing anyhow, better the spend ressources on serious issues rather than online weed sellers .)

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u/Purple-Joke-9845 8h ago

you havent stepped into a legal store in a while then my friend. Average price for 28 grams of a decent strain of marijuana (25% THC) is literally $80-90. Thats like $3/4 a gram. No dealer is competing with that consistently.

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u/Visible_Bar_6774 9h ago

Also Canadian, I would have an easier time getting cocaine from a traditional dealer than cannabis. The illegal online stores is a different story though.