Study finds dramatic rise in adolescent cannabis use
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Adolescent cannabis abuse in the United States has increased by 245% in the last 20 years.
That’s according to a study based on data reported to the National Poison Data System.
It found over 338,000 instances of abuse or misuse among children aged 6 to 18.
Cases remained relatively stable from 2000 to 2009, before dramatically going up from 2017 to 2020.
That dramatic uptick coincides with a wave of decriminalization legislation.