Reuters (11/22, Carroll) reported that a study published in JAMA Network Open suggests “teens and young adults have a higher likelihood of taking up marijuana if their parents use the drug.” Among parents currently using “cannabis or who have used the drug in the past, convincing kids not to take up the drug can be more complicated than for parents who never tried marijuana, said the study’s lead author, Bertha Madras.” Researchers used “a survey of nearly 25,000 parent-child pairs.” The study also “found that kids with moms who had used marijuana in the past, but not for at least a year, were 30% more likely to take up marijuana compared to kids with mothers who never used the drug.”
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— “Teens, young adults more likely to take up marijuana if parents use it, “Linda Carroll, Reuters, November 22, 2019