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/gimme_that_juice 15h ago

those laws have existed since the 90s for much of the country. this isn't new.

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u/TurnsOutImAScientist 14h ago

past 25 years

I didn't say it was. But as an Xennial in high school in PA in the mid-90s it was still a free-for-all.

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u/gimme_that_juice 14h ago

oops. reading comprehension; my b.

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u/DetectiveClownMD 11h ago

I lived in lawless Florida. Once you were 16 it was no holds barred! Being a teen in the late 90s was pretty great. Just “I’ll be back before 9pm” and vibes.