marijuana
How Does Marijuana Affect a User’s Life?
Research shows marijuana may cause problems in daily life or make a person's existing problems worse. Heavy marijuana users generally report lower life satisfaction, poorer mental and physical health, more relationship problems, and less academic and career success compared to non-marijuana-using peers. For example, marijuana use is associated with a higher likelihood of dropping out of school. Several studies also associate workers' marijuana smoking with increased absences, tardiness, accidents, workers' compensation claims, and job turnover.March 01, 2011
A growing percentage of students in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades are using marijuana on a regular basis, according to the 2010 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. Most notably, daily marijuana use increased by more than 10 percent in all three grades since the 2009 survey.
Driven by the rise in marijuana use, illicit drug usage among teenagers has increased overall in the past 3 years. Rates of past-year illicit drug use in 2010 were 16 percent in the 8th grade, 30 percent in the 10th grade, and 38 percent in the 12th grade. The findings, presented at a December 2010 press conference, corroborate the results of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released last September ("Drug Abuse at Highest Level in Nearly a Decade").
The MTF survey also found that ecstasy use, though much lower than marijuana use, increased in 2010, and a long-term decline in cigarette smoking that had been documented in past MTF surveys has leveled off. Alcohol use, however, has fallen to the lowest levels in the history of the survey.
The recent rise in marijuana use follows a 10-year period of decline. In 2010, 1.2 percent of 8th-graders, 3.3 percent of 10th-graders, and 6.1 percent of 12th-graders reported daily marijuana use—defined as 20 or more occasions in the past 30 days. Rates on all measures (daily, past-month, past-year, and lifetime use) increased over the
Research shows marijuana may cause problems in daily life or make a person's existing problems worse. Heavy marijuana users generally report lower life satisfaction, poorer mental and physical health, more relationship problems, and less academic and career success compared to non-marijuana-using peers. For example, marijuana use is associated with a higher likelihood of dropping out of school. Several studies also associate workers' marijuana smoking with increased absences, tardiness, accidents, workers' compensation claims, and job turnover.March 01, 2011
A growing percentage of students in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades are using marijuana on a regular basis, according to the 2010 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. Most notably, daily marijuana use increased by more than 10 percent in all three grades since the 2009 survey.
Driven by the rise in marijuana use, illicit drug usage among teenagers has increased overall in the past 3 years. Rates of past-year illicit drug use in 2010 were 16 percent in the 8th grade, 30 percent in the 10th grade, and 38 percent in the 12th grade. The findings, presented at a December 2010 press conference, corroborate the results of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released last September ("Drug Abuse at Highest Level in Nearly a Decade").
The MTF survey also found that ecstasy use, though much lower than marijuana use, increased in 2010, and a long-term decline in cigarette smoking that had been documented in past MTF surveys has leveled off. Alcohol use, however, has fallen to the lowest levels in the history of the survey.
The recent rise in marijuana use follows a 10-year period of decline. In 2010, 1.2 percent of 8th-graders, 3.3 percent of 10th-graders, and 6.1 percent of 12th-graders reported daily marijuana use—defined as 20 or more occasions in the past 30 days. Rates on all measures (daily, past-month, past-year, and lifetime use) increased over the