US States That Have Legalized Recreational Cannabis See 20% Increase In Use, Study Shows

CNN (8/29, Marples) reports “people in US states that legalized recreational cannabis use it 20% more frequently than those in states that didn’t legalize it,” according to a survey study comprising 3,421 participants, including “111 pairs of identical twins…with one twin living in a state that legalized recreational cannabis and the other in a state that did not legalize it.” The findings were published in the journal Addiction.

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— “Legalizing recreational cannabis increases its use, research shows “Megan Marples, CNN, August 29, 2022

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