Study: Marijuana use, and abuse, increases among young adults after legalization August 11, 2023 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research 0 Comments Oregon legalized medical marijuana in 1998, and in 2015 it legalized recreational use, yet policymakers still know relatively little about the impact of the latter. A recent study by Oregon State University researchers and others shows that cannabis use has increased… Read More→
Teen Marijuana Use Down In California August 24, 2018 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Despite the dawn of a new era legalizing recreational use of cannabis by adults, marijuana use among middle and high school students continued to decline in California in 2016 and 2017, a new state-funded health survey shows. Only 4.2 percent… Read More→
How Has Legalization Altered The Way Kids Learn About Marijuana? December 7, 2017 AggregatedNews Training & Education 0 Comments WESTMINSTER, Calif. — After Yarly Raygoza attended the drug prevention program at the Boys & Girls Club here last year, she used what she learned to talk a few friends out of using marijuana. The 14-year-old took the class again… Read More→
Rates of Teen Marijuana Use Reaches 20 Year Low September 8, 2017 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments In 2016, rates of marijuana use among the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades, according to federal survey data released this week. Last year, 6.5 percent of adolescents used marijuana on a monthly basis, according to… Read More→
Marijuana Use Down for Teens in Colorado Since Legalization December 22, 2016 AggregatedNews Colorado 0 Comments Teen marijuana use fell sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state's recreational marijuana market, new federal survey data show. The state-level data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed that 18.35 percent… Read More→