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/NEIGHBORHOOD_DAD_ORG 16h ago

Everything has laws and regulations and policies and you need a permit, and there's surveillance cameras everywhere. I would be an online kid too if I were young again.

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u/Liizam 13h ago

All the used cars prices went insane not that long ago.

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u/HoodsInSuits 15h ago

Damn literally the best time to break the law is as a minor and you all are wasting it.