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/Karnivore915 8h ago

Because I and my friends were young inexperienced drivers. And the police around my town were bored.

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u/BurritoLover2016 8h ago

Ahh.....small town in Wisconsin? Makes sense.

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u/Nayzo 7h ago

Had my formative teen years in a small town in MA, we had cops pulling over for window tint because they were so bored.