Marijuana Use, Nicotine Vaping Reached Historic Highs in the US in 2021
Patrick ME, Schulenberg JE, Miech RA, et al. Monitoring the Future Panel Study annual report: National US data on substance use among adults ages 19 to 60, 1976-2021. Monitoring the Future Monograph Series. University of Michigan Institute for Social Research: Ann Arbor, MI (193-page report) doi:10.7826/ISRUM.06.585140.002.07.0001.2022
The report notes, “There were notable significant changes from 2020 to 2021 among young adults ages 19 to 30: Increases in vaping marijuana in the past 30 days and in vaping nicotine in the past 30 days among young adults….”
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/mtfpanelreport2022
Comment: “Marijuana use in the past 12 months and 30 days among young adults has reached the highest levels ever recorded (since 1988). Since it was first measured in 2017, nicotine vaping in the past 30 days has nearly tripled among young adults to 16.1% in 2021.”
Vaping these untested and poorly regulated substances is likely to cause long-term harm based on existing findings of acute effects.
S. Hamann
