Nearly 43 percent of young adults used marijuana in 2021
The Monitoring the Future report found a steady increase in marijuana usage in the age group over the past decade, rising from 29% in 2011 to 34% in 2016.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The only hallucinogen to decline in usage was MDMA , down from 5% in 2020 to 3% in 2021. Monitoring the Future research has tracked substance use in the United States by various age groups for more than three decades. The latest report found that young adults’ most commonly used substance is alcohol, although its use has been decreasing for about 10 years. But binge drinking and high-intensity drinking have been on the rise, with 32% of young adults saying they binged on alcohol in the prior two weeks and 13% reporting high-intensity drinking in that time frame.
Since 2017, the study has also tracked vaping and has identified a continuing upward trend. It found that 6% of young adults said they had engaged in nicotine vaping in the past month in 2017, but that number had increased to 16% by last year. Prevalence of marijuana vaping in that time frame grew from 6% of young adults in 2017 to 12% in 2021. A separate study, published in the journal Addiction, found that marijuana use overall was about 20% greater in states that have legalized marijuana than in states where recreational use remains illegal.
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