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Drug policy experts said the government’s new drug strategy simply regurgitates a ‘tough on drugs’ rhetoric amid indications drug use is increasing, not decreasing Uruguay was the first country to legalise cannabis for personal use in 2013 (Photo: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images) By David WoodeReporterJanuary 25, 2022 6:00 am(Updated March 19, 2022 10:04 am) Removing criminal or civil sanctions on cannabis use and possession, and setting up cooperative models for distribution are among a drug charity’s 14 “principles” for guiding the UK’s “inevitable” …

n a trend that coincided with the pandemic, marijuana use among college students in 2020 reached levels not seen since the 1980s. That’s according to the latest research from Monitoring the Future – an annual survey that looks at drug and alcohol use among the nation’s young people. Below, Jason R. Kilmer and Christine M. Lee – both University of Washington School of Medicine researchers who study marijuana use among college students – explain some of the reasons behind the trend, and some …