Daily marijuana use among college students at highest rate in 35 years, study finds

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Reports suggest that students smoke marijuana more than cigarettes

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Reuters (9/1, Kearney) reports that daily marijuana use among US college students is greater than it has been in 35 years, according to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future study.

The NBC News (9/1, Stelloh) website reports that the students smoked marijuana more often in 2014 than they did cigarettes, with 5.9% smoking marijuana daily and 5% smoking cigarettes at that rate.

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  • Created By: Nathaniel Barnwell
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  • Created On: May 24, 2016 - 10:13am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:21pm