A survey by the federal government of Maine revealed that, prior to now month, a tenth of the state's highschool college students drove underneath the affect of marijuana.
Moreover, 17.9% of Maine highschool college students reported being pushed in a automobile by somebody who had used medication, based on the 2023 Maine Built-in Youth Well being Survey.
When requested if they’d used marijuana prior to now 30 days, 10 % of highschool college students age 14 and youthful within the state stated sure. Nonetheless, this proportion rose to 25 % for college kids aged 18 and over.
The Maine survey additionally broke down marijuana use in highschool by elements comparable to gender, race and sexuality.
Feminine highschool college students had been extra doubtless than their male friends to make use of marijuana, with previous month use charges at 20 and 17.5 % every.
Previous-month marijuana use charges for Asian, black, white, and Hispanic highschool college students had been 8.6 %, 12.8 %, 18.7 %, and 26.4 %, respectively.
And whereas 16.3 % of Maine's heterosexual highschool college students have used marijuana prior to now 30 days, this fee has risen to 25.5 and 28.9 % of their homosexual/lesbian and bisexual classmates. .
Learn extra figures from the 2023 Maine Built-in Youth Well being Survey.
