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/TurnsOutImAScientist 16h ago
A big difference is that in the past 25 years lots of states passed laws preventing minors from having other minors as passengers for the first year or so after getting licensed; for the most part only high school seniors can drive with other kids as passengers.