In the USA, the percentage of those who take cannabis daily he passed that of those who consume alcohol in 2022. It is the first time this has happened in over 40 years.
There is one to attest to this study published in the scientific journal Society for the Study of Addiction, based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. A survey conducted on the US population since 1990.
The reasons that drove this explosive growth, increased by almost 15 times since 1992, the year in which per capita cannabis consumption reached an all-time low, they are different.
First of all, greater political and social acceptance. In fact, more and more states in the USA they are legalizing cannabis, both for therapeutic and recreational use.
A paradigm shift that has on the one hand has "normalized" the use of marijuana among adults, and on the other hand it has favored the development of ever new products. Available on the country's regulated market.
Cannabis use is increasing, but not among young people
To dismantle the prohibitionist claims, according to which legalization policies would encourage the consumption of cannabis among young people, the official statistics, which say exactly the opposite.
In fact, cannabis use in the younger population is very rare. With just 2% of consumers aged between 12 and 17. Instead, they are adults age between 35 and 49 years, has earned the title of most frequent consumers.
Data also proven by previous studies. How the analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Which after analyzing federal data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, an American survey on the health risks of adolescents, confirmed that the regulation of recreational cannabis "she was not associated to frequent use of marijuana".
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