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Eugene

(61,900 posts) Mon Jul 8, 2019, 06:58 PM Jul 2019

Teen odds of using marijuana dip with recreational use laws

Source: Associated Press

Teen odds of using marijuana dip with recreational use laws

By LINDSEY TANNER
July 8, 2019

CHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests legalizing recreational marijuana for U.S. adults in some states may have slightly reduced teens’ odds of using pot.

One reason may be that it’s harder and costlier for teens to buy marijuana from licensed dispensaries than from dealers, said lead author Mark Anderson, a health economist at Montana State University.

The researchers analyzed national youth health and behavior surveys from 1993 through 2017 that included questions about marijuana use. Responses from 1.4 million high school students were included.

Thirty-three states have passed medical marijuana laws and 11 have legalized recreational use — generally for ages 21 and up, many during the study years. The researchers looked at overall changes nationwide, but not at individual states.

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Teen odds of using marijuana dip with recreational use laws (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2019 OP

Makes complete sense. I could buy weed Phoenix61 Jul 2019 #1

Legalizing it makes it less cool Cicada Jul 2019 #2

That is what I was thinking too. BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #3

When I worked in Saudi it was cool to drink Cicada Jul 2019 #4

I wonder if they drink secretly. BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #5

Not normal people, leaders outside Saudi, often Cicada Jul 2019 #6

here in Washington State that has proven out to be true... samnsara Jul 2019 #7

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

1. Makes complete sense. I could buy weed

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 07:02 PM

Jul 2019

all day every day when I was in middle school but couldn’t get my hands on a beer and that was when the drinking age was 18.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)

2. Legalizing it makes it less cool

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 07:03 PM

Jul 2019

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

3. That is what I was thinking too.

Reply to Cicada (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 09:11 PM

Jul 2019

Cicada

(4,533 posts)

4. When I worked in Saudi it was cool to drink

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 10:34 PM

Jul 2019

Westerners at the big housing complex made booze in the bathtub and drank more. It definitely was cool because it was illegal. Contrary to what you might think the Saudis, at least in 1981, tolerated westerners as long as we kept it in our little complex of 500 homes or so. We were a sealed off little world so they let us be. Because we helped make them rich beyond comprehension.