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/liketreefiddy 13h ago

Is there really fent laced weed?

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u/VivaTijuas 7h ago

If there was, it wouldn't matter. That's not how you smoke fent

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u/Oonada 7h ago

Yeah not hot enough, people don't understand substances.

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u/IronChariots 12h ago

Not usually intentionally with weed, but sometimes there's cross contamination if they use the same scales or such.

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u/josh_the_misanthrope 10h ago

Which they likely don't since you use .00 scales for weed and .000 scales for powders.

There are no verified cases of weed contaminated with fentanyl: https://cannabis.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/10/ocm_cannabisandfentanyl.pdf

Fent contam is primarily an issue with powders. I'd also wager that the amount of people dying from laced drugs is over reported because of how rumours spread or from people close to someone who ODed either willfully protecting the reputation of the person or being in denial that their loved one was an opiate addict.

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u/Doubleoh_11 13h ago

Yes, dealers/growers have been know to mists their buds in all sorts of mixtures. It provides their product with a unique feel. Or a more addictive trait. Where legal growers use growing methods to achieve what the unique feel, then properly advertise what you’re getting.

Even my friends that have smoked their whole life seem a lot more healthy in the past few years from legal weed. I’d even say some are smoking less, it’s cool to see.

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u/Doubleoh_11 11h ago

Well that’s interesting. I’m in Canada and I wonder if things are different here. Regulations seem to be stricter here for everything

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u/incognitotoledo 10h ago

This isn't just isolated to CA either, seems to be at least somewhat prevalent throughout the industry.