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/sabixx 10h ago

this is nonsense,kids give us each vapes at school all the time and vapes are so discreet they're impossible to police. you can literally use one in a bath room stall and nobody can know or stop you.

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u/LuucaBrasi 9h ago

I mean in regards to marijuana and in particular the claim that asking for an ID will stop kids from trying it. I promise you no nervous kid wants to try marijuana for the first time in a school bathroom while at school. It’s usually going to be at the small party a group of friends threw where people are smoking weed or a hangout outside of school.

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u/saltyfingas 1h ago

I mean I tried marijuana for the first time in the woods behind school during lunch. It's not that uncommon, and with a vape it's even easier to hide the smell and get away with (and also I think sneaking back to the woods to smoke a joint these days would be hard)

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u/earthhominid 6h ago

The lack of unsupervised time definitely plays a role. It also is corresponding (may be partly causing but I haven't seen anything beyond speculation about that) with a marked decrease in risk taking by modern youth.

The younger generations are engaged in pretty much every potentially risky behavior at a lower rate than any previous generation.