Daily marijuana use among college students highest in 35 years

U.S. college students today smoke weed at a higher rate than at any time in the past 35 years, surpassing daily cigarette smoking for the first time in 2014.

Those findings were revealed Tuesday in Monitoring the Future, an ongoing study from the Univ. of Michigan.

The national survey looked at the drug use of approximately 1,500 students enrolled full time at 2- and 4-year colleges. Here, we break it down for you:

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The study shows that grass is big on campuses. “Daily or near-daily” marijuana use was reported by 5.9% of college students in 2014 — the highest rate since 1980, the first year that complete college data were available in the study.

 

That view is shared by the general U.S. adult population, according to a Pew Research poll conducted in March. It notes that a majority of Americans (53%) support marijuana legalization, and that seven in 10 believe alcohol poses more risk to personal health than does marijuana.

The Univ. of Michigan data also show that the percent using marijuana once or more in the prior 30 days in which the study was conducted rose from 17% in 2006 to 21% in 2014. Use in the prior 12 months rose from 30% in 2006 to 34% in 2014.next red button

 

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