Use of marijuana is increasing among adults but decreasing in teens

More adults are using cannabis since laws were introduced to legalize the drug, experts have revealed.

Meanwhile fewer teenagers are turning to the drug, there has been a decrease in marijuana-related arrests, but an increase in admissions for addiction treatment.

A team of scientists led by Dr Jane Maxwell from the University of Texas at Austin and Bruce Mendelson, of the Denver Office of Drug Strategy, reviewed data looking at how marijuana laws have affected rate of use of the drug.

As of June last year 23 states and the District of Columbia currently have laws legalizing marijuana in some form.

Cannabis is legal of recreational use in Washington state, Oregon, Alaska and Colorado as well as the District of Columbia.

The drug is legalized for medical use in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New...

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