Social Inequality and Marijuana Use
Submitted by Ally
- 22 September 2016
Are the poor smoking more? An article published recently in the journal Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy sets out to answer just that. It explores the link between teenage marijuana use and income inequality in the national contexts of developed countries specifically. The investigation found that financial inequality and greater urbanisation correlate with higher levels of marijuana use amongst adolescents. In this way, it concludes that such social conditions ought to be taken into account when analysing the causes of marijuana use amongst teenagers in developed countries.
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