According to a study out of Colorado, there is frequent marijuana use among college students. The Coalition of Colorado Campus Alcohol and Drug Educators (CADE) is still in the middle of a four-year study on marijuana use among students since recreational marijuana was legalized in the state.
So far a preliminary report for 2018 found that frequent cannabis use is more prevalent among college students in Colorado than students in other states.
According to the findings, 13.9% of college students are using it daily and near daily (15 or more days a month).
“We do see folks in that college-age range who prioritize the use of substances and development of social relationships over academic or vocational pursuits,” said David Arnold with CADE.
Arnold has said that they are also seeing more students reporting using pot two to five times per day.
College counselor Laura Thompson, has said, “I’m not so concerned about somebody experimenting. I am interested in the relationship, and is it something that’s starting to impede you in other ways.”
She also said, “When students come home for holidays — these are great times to have conversations about how things are going and whether or not alcohol, cannabis, and stimulants are part of the experience so far at college and how that relates to their academic and vocational goals.”
