On Friday, @samhsagov released the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which was packed with some key takeaways to highlight during #RecoveryMonth.
Notably, some 699,000 youth have an addiction to marijuana in 2019 – representing 187,000 new youth cases of CUD.
Overall, more than 4.8 million people aged 12 or older reported Marijuana Use Disorder in 2019, up from 4.4 million in 2018.
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Also, past-year and past-month marijuana use among youth have increased markedly since commercialization began in several states:
Past-month use among youth aged 12-17 increased 14 percent since 2016 while past-year use among the same age group rose 10 percent.
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Furthermore, HHS specifically pointed out Colorado’s data, the first state to legalize marijuana, in comparison to national data.
Among those aged 18-25, CO's rates of past month, past year, and co-occurring mental illness with CUD, were far higher than the national data:
SAM President @KevinSabet's statement:
Full release and link to the data available here: samhsa.gov/data/report/20…
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