Psychiatric News (1/14) reports, “College students in states where recreational use of marijuana is legal appear to be using marijuana more frequently than peers in states where such use is not legal,” researchers concluded after analyzing survey responses from “undergraduates aged 18 to 26 to the National College Health Assessment survey between 2008 and 2018.” Included in that final sample were “234,669 students who attended 135 college in seven U.S. states where recreational use of marijuana was legalized, and 599,605 students who attended 454 colleges in 41 states where recreational use was not legal.” The study revealed that “students who attended college in states where recreational use of marijuana is legal were 23% more likely to report marijuana use than students in states where such use is not legal.” The findings were published online Dec. 13 in the journal Addiction.
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— “College Students in States With Legalized Marijuana Report Greater Use of Drug, Psychiatric News, January 14, 2020