Marijuana use in the U.S. has increased since 2005, but not because of legislation, study says
Overall, 12.9 percent of adults have used marijuana since 2015, up from the 6.7 percent 10 years earlier
Newsweek (US)
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
American adults are smoking more pot, but increased cannabis use does not appear to be due to wider availability of legal marijuana, a new study shows. Pot consumption among women almost doubled between 1984 and 2015, from 5.5 percent of adults to 10.6 percent; meanwhile, 14.7 percent more men are toking up since 2000, according to the report from the Public Health Institute. But researchers cautioned against assuming that relaxed laws governing recreational and medicinal pot are driving the trend.
