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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of adolescents who used marijuana in the past month — SU‑06

Status: Getting worse

  
Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
7.4 percent (2019)

Target:
5.8 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
6.7 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years reported use of marijuana in the past 30 days in 2018

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Reduce the proportion of adolescents reporting use of marijuana during the past 30 days

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Data Source:  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA

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Summary

Marijuana use in adolescents is linked to negative educational, financial, and mental health outcomes. Computer-based interventions, behavioral therapy, treatment for mental health conditions, and programs that combine social and emotional learning with parent and teacher training may help reduce marijuana use in adolescents.

Topics:  Drug and Alcohol Use, Adolescents

Workgroup: Substance Use Workgroup

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