Daily marijuana use increased significantly among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders, according to the 2010 Monitoring the Future Survey, putting marijuana ahead of cigarette smoking by some measures. The annual survey also showed significant increases in use of Ecstasy and continued nonmedical use...
"A key question is whether a new pool of teens who've traditionally been at lower risk forsmoking marijuanahave been drawn to using the drug in these alternative non-smoked forms," said Leventhal, the study's corresponding author. In other words, cannabis products such as bubblegum-flavored v...
Marijuana use is about the same as it was in 2015, with around 24 percent of teenagers trying pot at least once within the past year, the survey revealed. This may not seem like a win, but it actually is, Compton said. There's been no increase in teens using pot, even though marij...
Another study published in 2021 indicated that teens who vape are also more likely toengage in risky sexual behaviors, such as drinking alcohol before intercourse, not using a condom during sex, or having multiple partners at an early age. Teen Vaping Risks Vaping and marijuana use carry signifi...
However, the study found thatsextingappears to be associated with being sexually active and with engaging inrisky sexual behavior. Teens who sext also appear to be more likely to use alcohol or marijuana and are less likely to have high self-esteem. ...
Most teens do experiment with substance use because that’s just what we do. Then, there are kids who do have legitimate problems. They do drugs and drink because that’s their way of coping with stuff. TTC: Do you know any other ways in which ways young people are coping? Are there...
The number of teens diagnosed annually with marijuana intoxication or testing positive for pot during a drug screen at Children's Hospital Colorado rose from 146 in 2005 to 639 in 2014. The findings run counter to national surveys that have shown no increase inteenage pot usein states where re...
Marijuana use appeared to level off after recent increases, with 6.5 percent of eighth-graders reporting past-month use, 17 percent of 10th-graders and 21 percent of 12th-graders. Nearly 6 percent of 12th-graders reported daily use. Fewer teens are trying synthetic marijuana, highly dangerous dr...
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things- how and why teenagers take social media as a vital part of their lives, why parents worry about the teen's engagement with social media, And why parents, teachers, policy makers, journalists, sometimes even teens often use the word addiction in passing reference to their online ...