r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 29 '24

Health Dramatic drop in marijuana use among US youth over a decade. Current marijuana use among adolescents decreased from 23.1% in 2011 to 15.8% in 2021. First-time use before age 13 dropped from 8.1% to 4.9%. There was a shift in trends by gender, with girls surpassing boys in marijuana use by 2021.

https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/marijuana-use-teens-study
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u/Mr_YUP Oct 29 '24

Sure that could be a part of it but growing up with helicopter parents and stranger danger did a number on these kids growing up. Having every moment be adult supervised did nothing to encourage independence and every group of teens being chased off doesn't do much to encourage them either. Why hire a teen for a job when I can get an adult to do it without the teen grief?