Use of marijuana in the United States has doubled in last decade

Warning has been sounded on addiction to marijuana - researchers have found that 9.5 per cent of adults in the United States smoke marijuana, this was 4.1 per cent in 2001-2002. Or – a nearly double addiction in a decade as revealed by a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz sated 22 October 2015.

Statistics show that one in 10 adults smokes marijuana in the US and this is attributed to relaxation of laws with regard to attitudes about pot. However, the rise in marijuana use has also been accompanied by an increase in abuse and dependence.
About three in 10 people who use marijuana meet the criteria for addiction as indicated by the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Therefore, the scientific community should convey information to the public about the potential harms.
The increases have been noticed among women and individuals who were black, Hispanic, who live in the South, and are middle-aged or older. The finding is based on interviews with 79,000 people regarding alcohol use, drug use and related psychiatric conditions over a year. And, the surveys were conducted in 2001-2002 and 2012-2013.
Incidentally, 23 US states now allow medical marijuana and four states have legalized marijuana for recreational use. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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