Marijuana use is not loosing its share among college, study finds

Michigan – Daily marijuana use among US college students continues to rise, even surpassing daily cigarette smoking for the first time in 2014. A new study found that one in every 17 college students is smoking marijuana on a daily or near-daily basis. But what is most concerning about the report is that the use of other drugs, such as cocaine and ecstasy, are also on the rise.

The research conducted by the University of Michigan created a series of national surveys for US college students to fill. The results showed that marijuana use has been growing in college campuses since 2006.

Daily or near-daily marijuana use was reported by 5.9% of college students in 2014, which is the highest rate since 1980 – the first year that complete college data were available for the study. By 2007, the rate was of 3.5%. Scientists were also surprised with the fact...

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