Alcohol and Cigarette On Decline, Marijuana Use Up Among Young Adults

A new study says that marijuana smoking among college students has dramatically increased to a point where it is, for the first time in US history, more popular than smoking cigarettes. It is a fact, yes, but it still does not answer the intriguing question as to why marijuana has been growing in popularity among teens and young adults over the past few years.

“It’s clear that for the past seven or eight years there has been an increase in marijuana use among the nation’s college students,” explains lead study author Lloyd Johnston; “And this largely parallels an increase we have been seeing among high school seniors.”

In this study, Johnston and his team go on to discuss, “The role of the many debates on legalizing marijuana for medical use, the actual legalization for recreational use in some states, and the experiences those states have with the new laws likely...

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