Federal Research Discredits the Notion that Legalization Promotes Adolescent Cannabis Consumption
A recent analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has discredited the notion that legalization promotes adolescent cannabis consumption. The study, which examined federal Youth Risk Behavior Survey data published between 1993-2019 in ten medical or adult-use states, found that the impact of policy change on adolescent cannabis consumption is “statistically indistinguishable from zero.” In fact, the …