Could the Covid-19 pandemic be to blame, or are young people just less interested in drugs and …
There is plenty of data to show that the rate of cannabis use among youth has fallen consistently as more states legalize cannabis, so the continued drop in use doesn’t come as a surprise.
When it comes to cannabis, lifetime use among youth aged 12 to 17 dropped from 15.8 percent in 2019 to 12.4 percent in 2020, while past year use fell 25 percent, from 13.2 percent to 10.1 percent.
SAMSHA collected data for nicotine vaping for the first time in 2020, so it’s unclear whether vaping rates saw a similar decrease in use year-over-year.
My first book, “The Little Book of Cannabis: How Marijuana Can Improve Your Life”, was published by Greystone Books in 2018 on the same day cannabis was legalized in Canada.