Juvenile marijuana use continues to decline, particularly where it is legal, see chart
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A decline in the use of marijuana and other controlled substances by young people appears to be a rising trend, another government-funded study confirms.
After Michigan’s annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey showed an unprecedented year-over-year decline in 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students, Coloradans followed suit.
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Results from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s (CDPHE) Healthy Kids Colorado Survey showed that young people were 35% less likely to use marijuana in 2021 compared to previous years.
The sharp decline in use among high school students over the past two years is part of a broader trend dating back to 2013, when the department’s biennial survey began, cannabis advocates say, attributing it to regulated adult access , which then minimizes the risk of adolescent marijuana use.
According to the CDPHE report, only 13% of the students surveyed said they had used cannabis in the past month, compared to almost 20% in 2013.
To that end, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that laws legalizing marijuana were not associated with increased use by high school students.
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“Consistent with estimates from previous studies, there was little evidence for this [recreational marijuana laws] or [medical marijuana laws] promote marijuana use among youth,” the newspaper said.
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