Marijuana use among Illinois teens unchanged but ‘cool factor’ increasing, survey finds

Medical Express May 3, 2019 Illinois, Research, Science

The number of Illinois high school seniors who think that using marijuana would make their peers perceive them as cool doubled during the past decade, according to a new report based on the 2018 Illinois Youth Survey, conducted by senior research scientist Scott Hays of the University of Illinois Center for Prevention Research and Development. The center is a unit within the School of Social Work. Credit: L. Brian Stauffer

The number of Illinois teens who reported using marijuana during the past year has remained stable since 2008.

However, the number of high school seniors who say using it would make peers perceive them as “cool” doubled – from 25 percent to 50 percent over the past decade, according to a new report by the University of Illinois Center for Prevention Research and Development.

The report, titled “Youth Marijuana Use in Illinois,” was based on the latest Illinois Youth Survey. The results are based on a randomly drawn sample of more than…

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