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Young Adults Are Using Marijuana and Hallucinogens at the Highest Rates on Record
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August 25, 2022

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Young adults are using more weed and hallucinogens than ever.

The amount of people from ages 19 to 30 who reported using one or the otherĀ are at the highest rates since 1988, when the National Institutes of Health first began the survey.

The percentages of young people who said they used hallucinogens in the past year had been fairly consistent for the past few decades, until 2020 when rates of use began spiking.

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