The Washington Post (9/13, Paúl) reports research indicates that “nearly half of the country’s college-age students said they consumed marijuana last year, leading researchers to wonder whether the pandemic may have spurred the record in cannabis consumption.” Investigators arrived at this conclusion after conducting the 2020 “Monitoring the Future” survey “online, querying about 1,550 young adults between March 20, 2020, and Nov. 30, 2020 – after the coronavirus pandemic had hit the United States.” Investigators found that “44 percent of college students reported using marijuana in 2020, an increase from 38 percent in 2015,” while “reported alcohol use among college students dipped from 62 percent in 2019 to 56 percent, with the number of them reporting being drunk in the past month decreasing to 28 percent from 35 percent last year.” The Hill (9/13, Oshin) also covers the story.
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