A REVIEW OF TRENDS IN ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS USE AMONG YOUNG-PEOPLE

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 33  (4) , 77-90
Abstract
Recent trend studies in alcohol and cannabis use among young people were identified in an attempt to define increases over time, demographic subgroups where changes have taken place, possible future trends and areas where there is a lack of current information. Trend studies on alcohol use are described for 8 countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, and USA. Only 4 countries (Australia, Canada, Norway and USA) had trend studies of cannabis use. Rates of alcohol use are reported to have reached a peak, and per capita alcohol consumption, to have stabilized or decreased in many Western countries since 1975-1976. Rates of cannabis use are reported to have increased remarkably from the late 1960s to the late 1970s although the hazards of cannabis use are becoming more widely recognized.

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