In 2018, the rate of past-year cannabis use among consumers who were 12 years old and younger increased by 4.9 percent since 2002 in the United States. That rate increased by 6.3 percent among consumers who were 26 years and older in that same period.
Change in past-year cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2018, by age group
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Cannabis Business Times. (October 31, 2019). Change in past-year cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2018, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075927/change-in-cannabis-use-by-age-group-us/
Cannabis Business Times. "Change in past-year cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2018, by age group." Chart. October 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075927/change-in-cannabis-use-by-age-group-us/
Cannabis Business Times. (2019). Change in past-year cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2018, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075927/change-in-cannabis-use-by-age-group-us/
Cannabis Business Times. "Change in Past-year Cannabis Use in The United States from 2002 to 2018, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075927/change-in-cannabis-use-by-age-group-us/
Cannabis Business Times, Change in past-year cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2018, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075927/change-in-cannabis-use-by-age-group-us/ (last visited November 29, 2023)
Change in past-year cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2018, by age group [Graph], Cannabis Business Times, October 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075927/change-in-cannabis-use-by-age-group-us/