Parenting, Marijuana Motivations, and Health Behaviors study

Abstract

The annual prevalence for marijuana use among college students was 38% in 2017 (Schulenberg, Johnston, O'Malley, Bachman, Miech, & Patrick, 2018), with annual rates of use increasing by 14% over the past 10 years. A study looking at the current science related to the negative health effects of marijuana found that some long-term effects are increased likelihood of dropping out of school, lower IQ, and lower life satisfaction and achievement. These were also all strongly related with starting to use marijuana in early adolescence (Volkow, Baler, Compton, & Weissc 2014). (from Introduction)