In 2021, 43% said they'd used marijuana in the last year — up 34% from five years ago and 29% 10 years ago.
An employee at the Good Leaf Dispensary measures out marijuana for a customer on the reservation Mohawks call Akwesasne, Monday, March 14, 2022, in St. Regis, N.Y.Use of marijuana and hallucinogens by 19- to 30-year-olds reached their highest levels since tracking began in 1988, according to a new Monitoring the Future panelIn 2021, 43% said they'd used marijuana in the last year, which was up 34% from five years ago and 29% compared to 10 years ago.
"Certainly the consumption of marijuana has been going up across all of the country and it is driven by the legalization," she said. She continued, "Pretty much everybody who ends up having a problem with substance use started as a teenager and continued use as a young adult."
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