Between 2001 and 2013, the use of cannabis has been significantly decreasing in the country of Australia. This is so it seems according to a new report from the University of New South Wales.

The report found that between the years of 2001 and 2013, consumption fell and most especially with young people. According to findings, those ages 14 to 19 had seen past-year use drop from 24.4% to 14.8%. Those users in their 20’s saw a drop from 29.1% to 20.8%.

So what’s the reason for why Australian’s younger crowd are not using marijuana as much? There aren’t any precisely yet.

University of New South Wales academics Alison Ritter and Oluwadamisola Sotade are wanting more research done to pinpoint the reason.

Ritter commented, “We have known for some time about the declines. This was more about trying to start to think about why.”

According to Sotade and Ritter, changes in attitude supply, regulation and complementary drug use were elements as to why the use has declined in recent years.

They both say, “A new research agenda is required, with a multidisciplinary focus including regulation theory, economics and econometric techniques, comparative policy analysis methods, and sociology and cultural analysis such that the plausible reasons can be empirically tested.”

Speaking to Leafly, Ritter said, “It’s very hard to speculate on this. but research published from the USA after their experience with medicinal cannabis suggests that rates of cannabis use in young people [has] not increased in association with medicinal cannabis.”

“There is conflicting evidence about cannabis use among adults,” she added. “Some studies do show a trend to increasing cannabis use, others do not. There does appear to be evidence of an increase in cannabis use disorders.”


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