Marijuana abuse doubles in last 11 years

[DigitalDrifter]

As I've been saying for years now, once you start down the road of legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in Oregon we've had "medical" marijuana for several years, and now add to that the legalization of recreational use, and you smell the addicts everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "it's-not-as-bad-as-alcohol" drumbeat.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

There were especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.(Photo: Getty Images)

As attitudes and laws in the U.S. have become more tolerant of marijuana, the proportion of adults using and abusing the substance at least doubled between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study.

Although marijuana dependence and abuse was found to be on the rise, that is largely due to the overall increase in new users, researchers note, while existing marijuana users experienced a 15 percent decline in pot-related disorders.

About 4 percent of adults between 2001 and 2002 reported having used marijuana in the past year, compared to about 10 percent between 2012 and 2013. Similarly, 1.5 percent had abuse or dependence problems - so-called marijuana use disorder - at the start of the 21st Century, compared to about 3 percent from 2012 to 2013.

“What was quite clear is the prevalence of use among adults had more than doubled,” said Deborah Hasin, the study’s lead author from Columbia University in New York.

Twenty-three U.S. states allow for medical marijuana use, and four also allow recreational use, the researchers write in JAMA Psychiatry. More Americans also favor marijuana legalization than before, and fewer see the substance as risky.

Yet, the researchers write, little was known about how the prevalence of marijuana use and disorders changed during the first decade of the century.
For the new study, they compared data from face-to-face interviews with over 43,000 U.S. adults between 2001 and 2002 to data from over 36,000 people collected between 2012 and 2013.

They found that reports of having used marijuana in the past year more than doubled between the two time periods with especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.
The data also included information on whether participants were experiencing abuse or dependence.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

 

[TheOldSchool]

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Please get rid of that obnoxious sig pic.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Please get rid of that obnoxious sig pic.

When Trump drops out.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

As I've been saying for years now, once you start down the road of legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in Oregon we've had "medical" marijuana for several years, and now add to that the legalization of recreational use, and you smell the addicts everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "it's-not-as-bad-as-alcohol" drumbeat.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

There were especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.(Photo: Getty Images)

As attitudes and laws in the U.S. have become more tolerant of marijuana, the proportion of adults using and abusing the substance at least doubled between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study.

Although marijuana dependence and abuse was found to be on the rise, that is largely due to the overall increase in new users, researchers note, while existing marijuana users experienced a 15 percent decline in pot-related disorders.

About 4 percent of adults between 2001 and 2002 reported having used marijuana in the past year, compared to about 10 percent between 2012 and 2013. Similarly, 1.5 percent had abuse or dependence problems - so-called marijuana use disorder - at the start of the 21st Century, compared to about 3 percent from 2012 to 2013.

“What was quite clear is the prevalence of use among adults had more than doubled,” said Deborah Hasin, the study’s lead author from Columbia University in New York.

Twenty-three U.S. states allow for medical marijuana use, and four also allow recreational use, the researchers write in JAMA Psychiatry. More Americans also favor marijuana legalization than before, and fewer see the substance as risky.

Yet, the researchers write, little was known about how the prevalence of marijuana use and disorders changed during the first decade of the century.
For the new study, they compared data from face-to-face interviews with over 43,000 U.S. adults between 2001 and 2002 to data from over 36,000 people collected between 2012 and 2013.

They found that reports of having used marijuana in the past year more than doubled between the two time periods with especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.
The data also included information on whether participants were experiencing abuse or dependence.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

Better off getting stoned than drunk that's for gd sure.

 

[September]

Gandalf knows what's up!
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[Delta4Embassy]

There's a LoTR tobacco pack at local tobacconists including 'Old Toby' as above. Haven't tried them though.

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[Delta4Embassy]

Worth mentioning most if not all of the pipe smoking in the movies was CGI. Said so in the credits.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

As I've been saying for years now, once you start down the road of legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in Oregon we've had "medical" marijuana for several years, and now add to that the legalization of recreational use, and you smell the addicts everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "it's-not-as-bad-as-alcohol" drumbeat.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

There were especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.(Photo: Getty Images)

As attitudes and laws in the U.S. have become more tolerant of marijuana, the proportion of adults using and abusing the substance at least doubled between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study.

Although marijuana dependence and abuse was found to be on the rise, that is largely due to the overall increase in new users, researchers note, while existing marijuana users experienced a 15 percent decline in pot-related disorders.

About 4 percent of adults between 2001 and 2002 reported having used marijuana in the past year, compared to about 10 percent between 2012 and 2013. Similarly, 1.5 percent had abuse or dependence problems - so-called marijuana use disorder - at the start of the 21st Century, compared to about 3 percent from 2012 to 2013.

“What was quite clear is the prevalence of use among adults had more than doubled,” said Deborah Hasin, the study’s lead author from Columbia University in New York.

Twenty-three U.S. states allow for medical marijuana use, and four also allow recreational use, the researchers write in JAMA Psychiatry. More Americans also favor marijuana legalization than before, and fewer see the substance as risky.

Yet, the researchers write, little was known about how the prevalence of marijuana use and disorders changed during the first decade of the century.
For the new study, they compared data from face-to-face interviews with over 43,000 U.S. adults between 2001 and 2002 to data from over 36,000 people collected between 2012 and 2013.

They found that reports of having used marijuana in the past year more than doubled between the two time periods with especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.
The data also included information on whether participants were experiencing abuse or dependence.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

Better off getting stoned than drunk that's for gd sure.

What an original thought !

 

[waltky]

But aren't marijuana and other illegal drugs at the root of the problem???...

Pot is the least of Mexico’s problems
November 06, 2015 - Members of the pot club that won the right to grow and use marijuana in Mexico through a historic Supreme Court ruling on Nov. 4 have no intention of ever lighting up a joint.

The group, the Society for Responsible and Tolerant Personal Consumption (or SMART in Spanish,) requested a cannabis-use permit, then fought the Mexican government’s denial for more than two years, because it believes legalizing drugs is Mexico’s best hope for reducing crime. Armando Santacruz, a SMART (link in Spanish) member, tells Quartz drug trafficking and the fight against it are the main factors in violence and corruption in Mexico. “It was the elephant in the room,” says Santacruz, who is also co-founder of Mexico United Against Delinquency, a non-profit that promotes the rule of law and justice. “We had to find a way to address it.”

But experts say it will take much more than legalizing marijuana to curb drug-related crime. Pot is no longer a key product for drug cartels. The local marijuana market is small—only 1.2% of Mexicans between the ages of 12 and 65 use the drug, according to a 2011 national survey (link in Spanish.) And although Mexico remains one of the world’s top marijuana producers and a big exporter to the US, pot legalization in several US states is displacing Mexican weed. In 2014, marijuana seizures along the border with Mexico dropped 24% in weight from the previous year, according to a US Drug Enforcement Administration report released Nov. 4. Drug cartels are instead focusing on more valuable products like heroin, and seizures of that drug are on the rise.

Mexican drug dealers, already the biggest players in the methamphetamine and cocaine trade in the US, are actively pushing to grow their market share, particularly of heroin, the report states. The trafficking of those hard drugs generates the bulk of narco violence in Mexico, Raúl Benitez, a security expert at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told Quartz. To stop it, the government will need to improve its justice system and gain control of gun trafficking and money laundering, he added. Still, the Supreme Court’s new position on marijuana could improve Mexico’s security situation somewhat, Duncan Wood, director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, said in an interview with Quartz. “It’s not a silver bullet,” he said. “But it’s one of the things that actually can alleviate some pressure.”

Police wouldn’t have to chase after pot users, freeing up resources they could devote to fighting organized crime. There could be savings too for the Mexican penitentiary system, where most of inmates have been convicted of drug crimes, according to a 2012 survey conducted by CIDE (link in Spanish,) a research center. Of those, nearly 60% said they were incarcerated for transporting, selling or possessing pot. Legalizing marijuana would also save many lives from being ruined by prison and cut off a stream of potential recruits for drug cartels. “Jail is the best university of crime,” said Santacruz. And thinning the ranks of Mexico’s narcotraffickers is an essential step in Mexico’s struggle against organized crime and violence.

Pot is the least of Mexico’s problems

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

As I've been saying for years now, once you start down the road of legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in Oregon we've had "medical" marijuana for several years, and now add to that the legalization of recreational use, and you smell the addicts everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "it's-not-as-bad-as-alcohol" drumbeat.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

There were especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.(Photo: Getty Images)

As attitudes and laws in the U.S. have become more tolerant of marijuana, the proportion of adults using and abusing the substance at least doubled between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study.

Although marijuana dependence and abuse was found to be on the rise, that is largely due to the overall increase in new users, researchers note, while existing marijuana users experienced a 15 percent decline in pot-related disorders.

About 4 percent of adults between 2001 and 2002 reported having used marijuana in the past year, compared to about 10 percent between 2012 and 2013. Similarly, 1.5 percent had abuse or dependence problems - so-called marijuana use disorder - at the start of the 21st Century, compared to about 3 percent from 2012 to 2013.

“What was quite clear is the prevalence of use among adults had more than doubled,” said Deborah Hasin, the study’s lead author from Columbia University in New York.

Twenty-three U.S. states allow for medical marijuana use, and four also allow recreational use, the researchers write in JAMA Psychiatry. More Americans also favor marijuana legalization than before, and fewer see the substance as risky.

Yet, the researchers write, little was known about how the prevalence of marijuana use and disorders changed during the first decade of the century.
For the new study, they compared data from face-to-face interviews with over 43,000 U.S. adults between 2001 and 2002 to data from over 36,000 people collected between 2012 and 2013.

They found that reports of having used marijuana in the past year more than doubled between the two time periods with especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.
The data also included information on whether participants were experiencing abuse or dependence.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

Better off getting stoned than drunk that's for gd sure.

Only if you're ignorant if the risks of pot, which most pot advocates are.
Time to get beyond the 1960's.

 

[WheelieAddict]

As we have observed for many years now, once you start down the road of Alcohol legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in the United States we've had legal Alcohol for many years, and now add to that it is legal to brew your own for recreational use, and you smell the drunks everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "Alcohol isn't as bad as other drugs because it is legal" drumbeat.

ALCOHOL USE HAS BEEN MORE HARMFUL, DEADLY, AND ADDICTIVE THAN MARIJUANA IN THE LAST 11,000 YEARS

 

[WheelieAddict]

As we have observed for many years now, once you start down the road of Alcohol legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in the United States we've had legal Alcohol for many years, and now add to that it is legal to brew your own for recreational use, and you smell the drunks everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "Alcohol isn't as bad as other drugs because it is legal" drumbeat.

ALCOHOL USE HAS BEEN MORE HARMFUL, DEADLY, AND ADDICTIVE THAN MARIJUANA IN THE LAST 11,000 YEARS

DigitalDrifter you sound very concerned about the exposure of drugs to our kids these days. You should be working hard to remove the biggest "gateway drug" that is easiest for these kids to get there hands on. Can you believe its legal all over the US! That first beer can lead to moving on to the hard stuff. Many teens start with a beer and before you know it they are smoking joint after joint! And that beer breath, I certainly wouldn't want my child exposed to that. As a concerned citizen I trust you will be advocating for the prohibition of Alcohol immediately!

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

As we have observed for many years now, once you start down the road of Alcohol legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in the United States we've had legal Alcohol for many years, and now add to that it is legal to brew your own for recreational use, and you smell the drunks everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "Alcohol isn't as bad as other drugs because it is legal" drumbeat.

ALCOHOL USE HAS BEEN MORE HARMFUL, DEADLY, AND ADDICTIVE THAN MARIJUANA IN THE LAST 11,000 YEARS

Pot is a dangerous drug for some people. Pointing to the risks associated with other substances does nothing to alleviate the potential danger in pot. Can't tell that to potheads. They just keep rationalizing their addiction like all other addicts do.

 

[WheelieAddict]

As we have observed for many years now, once you start down the road of Alcohol legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in the United States we've had legal Alcohol for many years, and now add to that it is legal to brew your own for recreational use, and you smell the drunks everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "Alcohol isn't as bad as other drugs because it is legal" drumbeat.

ALCOHOL USE HAS BEEN MORE HARMFUL, DEADLY, AND ADDICTIVE THAN MARIJUANA IN THE LAST 11,000 YEARS

Pot is a dangerous drug for some people. Pointing to the risks associated with other substances does nothing to alleviate the potential danger in pot. Can't tell that to potheads. They just keep rationalizing their addiction like all other addicts do.

Alcohol is a dangerous drug for some people. Pointing out that there is lesser risks with Marijuana does nothing to alleviate the bigger danger of Alcohol. Can't tell that to the drunks. They keep rationalizing their addiction like all addicts do.

 

[strollingbones]

i never abuse my smoke......

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Marijuana abuse? Seems a bit specious to characterize marijuana use in that way. Abuse, if it is possible at all, is probably only as a result of misuse due to inexperience much like a kid who drinks too much and becomes sick. I would agree that edibles can be a bit dangerous to the uninitiated as the effects take longer causing some to over indulge and can be way more intense than conventional use.
The truth is that there really are no major risks of death or injury for the casual user.It certainly shouldn't be classified and criminalized as it is given the risk factors associated with the use of legal substances.
As with any substance, moderation is best.

(Annual Causes of Death, By Cause)

Cause of death (Data from 2013 unless otherwise noted) Number
All Causes 2,596,993
Major Cardiovascular Diseases [MCD] 796,494
Cerebrovascular Diseases [subset of MCD] 128,978
Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease [subset of MCD] 30,770
Malignant Neoplasms [Cancer] 584,881
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 149,205
Accidents (Unintentional Injuries) [Total] 130,557
Motor Vehicle Accidents [subset of Total Accidents] 35,369
Alzheimer's Disease 84,767
Diabetes Mellitus 75,578
Influenza and Pneumonia 56,979
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis 47,112
Drug-Induced Deaths1 46,471
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) 41,149
Septicemia 38,156
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 36,427
Alcoholic Liver Disease [subset of Chronic Liver Disease] 18,146
Injury by Firearms 33,636
Alcohol-Induced Deaths 29,001
Parkinson's Disease 25,196
Pneumonitis Due to Solids and Liquids 18,579
Homicide 16,121
Viral Hepatitis 8,157
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease 6,955
All Illicit Drugs Combined (2000)2 17,0002
Cannabis (Marijuana) 0

2013 Data Detailing Drug-Induced Deaths,
Breaking Out Specific Data for Prescription Analgesics and Heroin,
as Reported by the CDC4
Drug Overdose Total 43,982
Prescription Analgesics Total 16,235
Heroin Overdose Total 8,257 Combination of Heroin and Prescription Opioid Analgesics (subset of those two categories) 1,342

2010 Drug Overdose Mortality Data In Detail,
Reported By Paulozzi et al.5
Drug Overdose Total 38,329
Pharmaceutical Drugs 22,134
Pharmaceutical Opioid Analgesics 16,651


1 "Drug" includes both legal and illegal drugs.

- See more at: Annual Causes of Death in the United States | Drug War Facts

 

[TNHarley]

When prohibition ended, alcohol use went down 30% and alcohol related crimes went down. Just an FYI..

 

[NoNukes]

As I've been saying for years now, once you start down the road of legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in Oregon we've had "medical" marijuana for several years, and now add to that the legalization of recreational use, and you smell the addicts everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "it's-not-as-bad-as-alcohol" drumbeat.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

There were especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.(Photo: Getty Images)

As attitudes and laws in the U.S. have become more tolerant of marijuana, the proportion of adults using and abusing the substance at least doubled between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study.

Although marijuana dependence and abuse was found to be on the rise, that is largely due to the overall increase in new users, researchers note, while existing marijuana users experienced a 15 percent decline in pot-related disorders.

About 4 percent of adults between 2001 and 2002 reported having used marijuana in the past year, compared to about 10 percent between 2012 and 2013. Similarly, 1.5 percent had abuse or dependence problems - so-called marijuana use disorder - at the start of the 21st Century, compared to about 3 percent from 2012 to 2013.

“What was quite clear is the prevalence of use among adults had more than doubled,” said Deborah Hasin, the study’s lead author from Columbia University in New York.

Twenty-three U.S. states allow for medical marijuana use, and four also allow recreational use, the researchers write in JAMA Psychiatry. More Americans also favor marijuana legalization than before, and fewer see the substance as risky.

Yet, the researchers write, little was known about how the prevalence of marijuana use and disorders changed during the first decade of the century.
For the new study, they compared data from face-to-face interviews with over 43,000 U.S. adults between 2001 and 2002 to data from over 36,000 people collected between 2012 and 2013.

They found that reports of having used marijuana in the past year more than doubled between the two time periods with especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.
The data also included information on whether participants were experiencing abuse or dependence.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

Use is not abuse.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

As I've been saying for years now, once you start down the road of legalization, you'll be seeing an increase of use.
Here in Oregon we've had "medical" marijuana for several years, and now add to that the legalization of recreational use, and you smell the addicts everywhere.
Kids will be getting the message that it's now okay, especially when you have adult morons with the continual "it's-not-as-bad-as-alcohol" drumbeat.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

There were especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.(Photo: Getty Images)

As attitudes and laws in the U.S. have become more tolerant of marijuana, the proportion of adults using and abusing the substance at least doubled between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study.

Although marijuana dependence and abuse was found to be on the rise, that is largely due to the overall increase in new users, researchers note, while existing marijuana users experienced a 15 percent decline in pot-related disorders.

About 4 percent of adults between 2001 and 2002 reported having used marijuana in the past year, compared to about 10 percent between 2012 and 2013. Similarly, 1.5 percent had abuse or dependence problems - so-called marijuana use disorder - at the start of the 21st Century, compared to about 3 percent from 2012 to 2013.

“What was quite clear is the prevalence of use among adults had more than doubled,” said Deborah Hasin, the study’s lead author from Columbia University in New York.

Twenty-three U.S. states allow for medical marijuana use, and four also allow recreational use, the researchers write in JAMA Psychiatry. More Americans also favor marijuana legalization than before, and fewer see the substance as risky.

Yet, the researchers write, little was known about how the prevalence of marijuana use and disorders changed during the first decade of the century.
For the new study, they compared data from face-to-face interviews with over 43,000 U.S. adults between 2001 and 2002 to data from over 36,000 people collected between 2012 and 2013.

They found that reports of having used marijuana in the past year more than doubled between the two time periods with especially large increases among women, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and middle-aged and older people.
The data also included information on whether participants were experiencing abuse or dependence.

Marijuana Use and Disorders Have Doubled Since 2001

Better off getting stoned than drunk that's for gd sure.

Only if you're ignorant if the risks of pot, which most pot advocates are.
Time to get beyond the 1960's.

Have you ever used marijuana?

I am really done with listening to self righteous idiots villifying marijuana while finishing their fourth glass of wine. If you have never tried it , as I suspect, you really shouldn't express an opinion as if you have a clue.