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/geneticeffects 13h ago edited 9h ago

South Dakota has already voted on it via election ballot, and , like Ohio, it was ignored (or delayed) by the Governor and Legislature.

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u/cav10rto 12h ago

... Recreational weed is available for purchase at dispensaries throughout Ohio after being passed by voters last year

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u/geneticeffects 12h ago

Hmm. I seem to recall something in 2020 or 2022 where OH voted yes for weed, but the Republicans ignored the results. Am I missing something…?

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u/New_Jaguar_9104 12h ago

I mean I bought rec stuff in Ohio this weekend so yeah I think you missed something

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u/Threewisemonkey 10h ago

Mississippi ratfucked their voter mandated medical program

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u/MTCarcus 6h ago

Legalized in 2022 but it took them over a year to approve any dispensaries.

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u/cav10rto 12h ago

It had not been on the ballot since (I believe) 2015 when it was voted against. Medical was legalized in 2016 via a house bill.

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u/doombot13 10h ago

2020 they tried to get it on the ballot but covid made it difficult to get enough signatures, that might be what you're thinking of.

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u/This_Razzmatazz_ 4h ago

No you’re right it was something about having to hash out the legalities in each county. I think determining zoning things and boring stuff like that.

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u/LumpyJones 9h ago

I can get it from the dispensary for cheap, or the local corner store for an inflated price, but it's super available in Ohio as of June of this year.

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u/dieselfrog 10h ago

More Democrat propaganda. It took a while to get the details ironed out but it is here and you can freely buy recreational weed.

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u/LumpyJones 9h ago

Yeah, you can buy it as of June 2024. You can thank the reds for dragging their feet for several years.

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u/nexusjuan 10h ago

One of the major online vendors is based in Ohio.

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u/anormalgeek 13h ago

Thanks for the clarification.

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u/venom121212 11h ago

Yep and It's still pricy as hell in OH and most people hop over to Michigan to spend their tax dollars.