Marijuana, followed by cocaine and LSD, is the most used illicit drug in the United States. As of 2024, around ***聽million people in the United States had used marijuana at some point in their lifetime. In the past few years, a number of states have legalized marijuana for both recreational and medical purposes, creating a new and thriving market.聽
Legal cannabis
As of the beginning of 2023, ** U.S. states had legalised the use of cannabis for recreational purposes. Sales of legal cannabis were estimated to reach **** billion U.S. dollars in 2023, with this number expected to grow to ** billion by the year 2025. By that time, the state of California is expected to account for around ** percent of the legal cannabis industry. Florida and Illinois are expected to account for the second and third highest shares of the industry with * percent each.
Teen cannabis use
Despite the recent change of legality in many U.S. states, the perceived availability of marijuana among **** graders has decreased in recent years. Nevertheless, around ** percent of **** graders stated they perceived it to be 鈥渇airly easy鈥 or 鈥渧ery easy鈥 to obtain marijuana. Past month use of marijuana among high school students has also declined from figures reported in the late , but around ** percent of high school students still report having used marijuana in the past month.
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