By US youth spiked with cannabis and hallucinogens hit ‘historic highs’ According to a new federal study released this week,.
According to data from the National Institutes of Health, use of both cannabis and hallucinogens among individuals aged 19 to 30 “will increase significantly in 2021 compared to 5 and 10 years earlier,” 1988 It turns out that it reached the highest level in the age group since 2016. .
“As the drug landscape changes over time, this data provides a window into young adults’ preferred substances and usage patterns. We need to know more about the health effects of consuming these substances in their various potencies and forms,” said Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Said in a statement Monday accompanying the investigation. “Young people are at a critical stage in their lives, honing their ability to make informed choices. important to lead to
Data is “Monitoring the Future” Study Sponsored by NIHconducted by researchers at the University of Michigan since 1975.
In 2021, the latest edition of the ‘MTF’ study found that ‘last year, past month, and daily marijuana use (20 uses or more in the last 30 days) will reach the highest levels recorded since these trends. has been reached. First monitored in 1988. “
“The proportion of young adults who reported using marijuana in the last year will reach 43% in 2021, up from 34% five years ago (2016) and 29% ten years ago (2011). Marijuana use in the past month was reported by 29% of young adults in 2021, compared with 21% in 2016 and 17% in 2011. Daily marijuana use is also , reported by 11% of young adults in 2021, compared to 8% in 2016 and 6% in 2011,” the study said.
Researchers said last year “psychedelic drug use remained relatively stable over the past few decades until 2020, when reports of use began to rise dramatically.” level reached.
“In 2021, 8% of young adults will report psychedelic use in the last year, which represents a record high since the category was first investigated in 1988. By comparison, In 2016, 5% of young adults reported using psychedelics in the past year, and only 3% reported using psychedelics in 2011. Types included LSD, MDMA, mescaline, peyote, ‘shroom’ or psilocybin, and PCP. The only psychedelic drug measured that saw a significant decrease in use was her MDMA (also called ecstasy or Molly), and he showed a statistically significant decrease within a year, as in the previous five years. increase. said the study.
The study showed that alcohol and hallucinogens weren’t the only vices to show increased use by young people in the last year.
Binge drinking, defined as 5 or more drinks in a row in the last two weeks, “returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 after a significant decline in 2020 (32% in 2021, 2020 reported 28% in 2019, 32% in 2019)”, according to the study.
Meanwhile, ‘intense drinking’, defined as 10 or more drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks, is the highest level since it was first measured in 2005, and will reach 13% of young adults by 2021. reported. In 2005 he was 11%,” said the study.
However, the study found “significant reductions in smoking and non-medical opioid drug use (surveyed as “non-heroin drugs”) in the past month by young adults in the past year compared to 10 years ago. It was shown that Meanwhile, nicotine vaping “increased significantly among young adults in 2021, despite plateauing in 2020 early in the pandemic.” According to research.
