Researchers concluded, “The legalization of recreational cannabis in Uruguay was not associated with overall increases in either past-year/past-month cannabis use.”
Topic: Teens/Youth
Researchers concluded, “This meta-analysis of structural MRI findings specific to youth regular cannabis users suggests no [brain] volume alterations” attributable to marijuana exposure.
“There is no evidence … that policy changes regarding recreational cannabis significantly affect the prevalence of recreational cannabis use among young people in Europe.”
“We have never seen such dramatic decreases in drug use among teens in just a one-year period,” said Nora Volkow, Director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, which funded the study.
“These findings ought to reassure lawmakers that cannabis access for adults can be legally regulated in a manner that does not inadvertently impact young people’s habits.”
Investigators concluded, “Our results suggest that the threat of potential harm to adolescents via meaningful increases in risk of long-term psychotic illness may be overstated.”
Researchers found “no increases … in the odds of past-year or past-month cannabis use among individuals aged 12 to 20 years for all races and ethnicities.”
Investigators concluded, “Consistent with estimates from prior studies, there [is] little evidence that [marijuana legalization laws] encourage youth marijuana use.”