{"id":15918,"date":"2024-11-04T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=15918"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:24:17","slug":"how-cannabis-use-is-changing-across-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=15918","title":{"rendered":"How Cannabis Use is Changing Across the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">As voters weigh in on measures that would broaden marijuana access, recent data reveals unexpected trends in who uses it, and how.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Voters in four states will weigh in this week on ballot initiatives that would legalize the recreational or medical use of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Florida pass the measures, they will join over two dozen other states to have legalized the drug in some way, becoming part of a shifting landscape of cannabis use in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Researchers tracking cannabis say that the picture of who uses the drug \u2014 and how \u2014 is evolving, and point to a few key trends.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1689df89\">Use appears to be rising among everyone \u2014 except teens.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When states first legalized recreational cannabis, starting with Colorado and Washington in 2012, some panicked. \u201cThe \u2018sky\u2019s going to fall\u2019 scenario was that all of the kids were just going to have access to all of the cannabis and it was going to be a terrible, terrible thing,\u201d said Ryan Vandrey, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins Medicine who studies cannabis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The largest jumps in use in recent years, though, appear to be among adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">About 42 percent of adults ages 19 to 30 and 29 percent of those ages 35 to 50 have used cannabis in the past year \u2014 a historically high level of use, according to data from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/2024\/08\/cannabis-and-hallucinogen-use-among-adults-remained-at-historic-highs-in-2023\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a nationwide survey<\/a>. That shift may be in part because of changing public perceptions about the drug and whether it\u2019s all that harmful, Dr. Vandrey said. (This is despite evidence that many cannabis products are stronger than they used to be; doctors have also raised concerns that some users can <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/04\/us\/cannabis-marijuana-risks-addiction.html\" title>become dependent<\/a> on the drug.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Seniors are also <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/16\/well\/mind\/medical-marijuana-seniors.html\" title>increasingly<\/a> using cannabis. In 2007, less than 1 percent of adults 65 and older had used the drug in the past year. By 2022, that number grew to more than 8 percent. Experts aren\u2019t exactly sure what\u2019s behind that trend, but noted that some cannabis brands have ramped up marketing to older adults.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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That shift may be in part because of changing public perceptions about the drug and whether it\u2019s all that harmful, Dr. Vandrey said. (This is despite evidence that many cannabis products are stronger than they used to be; doctors have also raised concerns that some users can become dependent on the drug.)Seniors are also increasingly using cannabis. In 2007, less than 1 percent of adults 65 and older had used the drug in the past year. By 2022, that number grew to more than 8 percent. Experts aren\u2019t exactly sure what\u2019s behind that trend, but noted that some cannabis brands have ramped up marketing to older adults.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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