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young adults in america uses marijuana A National Institutes of Health study released this week found that psychedelics and hallucinogen use are at an all-time high, but opioid use is low.
Percentage of Americans ages 19 to 30 who reported using marijuana in the past month increased from 21% in 2016 to 29% in 2021, rising to just 17% in 2011 Did. He said 11% of young adults report using marijuana as part of their daily routine in 2021, compared with 6% in 2011.
The use of psychedelics such as psilocybin mushroom, LSD, mescaline, and peyote is also increasing. Last year, 8% of his young adults reported using hallucinogens, up from 5% in 2016 and 3% in 2011. MDMA (also called ecstasy) is the only psychedelic drug to see a decline in use.
On the other hand, the use of opioids has been declining in recent years. Heroin was used by 0.2% of her young adults in 2021. That’s about half of her 0.4% who reported using heroin in 2011. Prescription opioids such as Vicodin and OxyContin have also declined among young adults over the past decade.
“We need to know more about how young adults use drugs such as marijuana and hallucinogens, and the health effects of consuming the various potencies and forms of these substances,” said National Nora Volkow, Director of the Institute on Substance Abuse, said in a statement.
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“Young adults are at a critical life stage and are honing their ability to make informed choices. It’s important to lead a generation to success.”
Despite declining opioid use among young adults, overdose deaths are reaching record highs, a trend attributed to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
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more Over 107,000 Americans died It’s the highest number on record since last year’s drug overdose deaths and a notable increase from the 93,655 Americans who died in 2020.
Fentanyl was responsible for 71,238 drug overdose deaths last year, up from 57,834 in 2020, according to the CDC.