US College Students Using More Marijuana, Less Tobacco
Marijuana use among college students is on the rise in the United States.
Studies of American college students show that daily marijuana use was more popular than cigarette smoking for the first time last year.
Studies found that 5.9 percent of college students said they use marijuana nearly every day. Students claimed to have smoked at least 20 times in the prior 30 days. That is a 3.5 percent increase from 2007, and the highest rate since 1980.
Only five percent of college students reported using tobacco daily.
More students are experimenting with the drug for the first time, as well.
In this Feb. 20, 2015 photo, Alaska Cannabis Club CEO Charlo Greene smokes a joint at the medical marijuana dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska.
Twenty-one percent of students reported having used marijuana once or more in the prior 30 days. That is a 4 percent increase from 2006....
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