Reduce the proportion of people who had marijuana use disorder in the past year — SU‑14

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
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Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
1.8 percent (2019)

Target:
1.3 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
1.6 percent of persons aged 12 years and over had a marijuana use disorder (defined as meeting DSM-IV criteria) in the past 12 months in 2018

Reduce the proportion of persons with marijuana use disorder in the past year

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Summary

Heavy marijuana use is associated with negative educational, financial, and mental health outcomes. There are several promising behavioral therapies for treating marijuana use disorder.