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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Marijuana use among young Canadians high, but declining: StatsCan 🌿Marijuana use among young Canadians high, but declining: StatsCan
TORONTO -- A new report from Statistics Canada suggests marijuana use may be down among teens and young adults.
The survey shows younger Canadians are still the biggest consumers of marijuana, with a third of 18- to 24-year-old respondents reporting they had used marijuana or hashish in the past year.
But the percentage of people between the ages of 15 and 24 who reported having ever used marijuana dropped between 2002 and 2012.
And the percentage of 15- to 17-year-olds who reported having used marijuana in the previous 12 months declined when 2012 responses were compared to those of the 2002 survey.
The report is based on data collected during the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey on mental health.
Over 25,000 Canadians aged 15 and older responded to the survey; the sample is considered representative of about 28 million Canadians over the age of 15.
Respondents were asked if they...
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