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Nearly 43 percent of young adults used marijuana in 2021
Nearly 43 percent of 19- to 30-year-olds say they used marijuana in 2021, according to federally funded research.
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Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study
In the United States, there appears to be a ~ 20% average increase in cannabis use frequency attributable to recreational legalization, consistent across increasingly rig …
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