How Youths Obtain Marijuana

 

The NSDUH Report:  How Youths Obtain Marijuana

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Highlights:

• Based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2002, over 60 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 who had used marijuana in the past year obtained their most recently used marijuana for free or shared someone else's marijuana.

• Among youths who obtained marijuana for free or shared it, blacks (18 percent) were more likely than whites (9 percent) or Hispanics (7 percent) to have obtained it from a relative or family member.

• Among youths who bought their most recently used marijuana, white youths (9 percent) were more likely than black youths (4 percent) to have purchased it inside a school building.

• Males were more likely than females to have purchased their most recently used marijuana.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  How Youths Obtain Marijuana ,  is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly called the  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA).  The NSDUH/NHSDA is  conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's survey (NHSDA/NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   The NHSDA/NSDUH also provides estimates for drug use by state.