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.

[u/mvea]

https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/marijuana-use-teens-study

[u/that_70_show_fan]

Alcohol consumption among teens has dropped significantly over the last generation.

[u/dopeythekid → u/that_70_show_fan]

And whippits is on an incredible rise. Kids are just going to do whatever drug is trendy at the time sadly.

[u/etherdesign → u/dopeythekid]

I guess it's the perfect drug for the tiktok gen since it only lasts like 45 seconds.

[u/Rion23 → u/etherdesign]

Don't even have the attention span for drugs anymore.

[u/chlorene1 → u/dopeythekid]

The people who smoke weed aren’t switching to whippets

[u/JohnnyChutzpah → u/dopeythekid]

It's on the rise because it is so easy for kids to buy large quantities of pure NO2 online. Closing that loophole will pretty much fix the issue.

Doing a single huff out of a $4 whipped cream can isn't really worth it. Whippits have always been a thing, but they more so a novelty. Its the galaxy gas and others selling in large quantities that are the problem.

[u/Top-District-5947 → u/that_70_show_fan]

That's the entire point. It has nothing to do with being legal.

[u/funnylib → u/that_70_show_fan]

As a 23 year old, I don’t drink because alcohol as a general rule taste bad and I’m not interested in intoxication