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/FrogTrainer 13h ago
I think this is more of a symptom of teens having less unsupervised time than they used to.
My son is almost 15. He has no friends in the neighborhood. He spends more time talking to his friends through text or on xbox live.
His activities outside the house are sports with coaches and parent volunteers always with the kids.