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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 11:39 AM Oct 2017

Teen Cannabis Use Keeps Declining Despite Increased Legalization

Despite fears that the legalization of marijuana might encourage use among adolescents, the rate of marijuana use among teenagers has dropped to its lowest point since 1994. Among youth between the ages of 12 and 17, marijuana usage has been on a downward trend since at least 2002, even though recreational marijuana shops opened in 2014.

Currently, 6.5 percent of individuals in this age range use marijuana on a monthly basis, based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

The same survey from 2014 reported that 7.1 percent of youth aged 12 to 17 used marijuana on a monthly basis compared to 8.2 percent in 2002. Marijuana use among teenagers is declining regardless of whether it is legally available to some members of the public.

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Teen Cannabis Use Keeps Declining Despite Increased Legalization (Original Post) n2doc Oct 2017 OP
I cant smoke that? Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #1
Plus....legal sources diminish the profitability of illegal ones. virtualobserver Oct 2017 #2
The weed today is 10-20 times stronger than it was back in the day. It takes too long being high now brush Oct 2017 #3

Eliot Rosewater

(32,530 posts)
1. I cant smoke that?
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 11:44 AM
Oct 2017

Fuck you, I will smoke it if it kills me (says me when I was 15)

Basic psychology, take the mystery and danger out of something and people get bored with it.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
2. Plus....legal sources diminish the profitability of illegal ones.
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 11:50 AM
Oct 2017

Illegal suppliers move on to other, more profitable drugs.

brush

(57,372 posts)
3. The weed today is 10-20 times stronger than it was back in the day. It takes too long being high now
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 11:56 AM
Oct 2017

Last edited Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:26 PM - Edit history (1)

I don't know if that's the reason but that's my experience.

The length of the high is like an acid high from before.

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