Marijuana
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit substance in both the U.S. and Indiana and its use has been increasing in recent years. Prevalence estimates for current (past month) use of marijuana are available from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health for the Indiana and U.S. population 12 years of age or older. Prevalence estimates for Indiana and the U.S. can be viewed for the entire population and by selected age groups.
Estimates of current (past month) marijuana use by high school students in grades 9 through 12 are available for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
Information on persons entering substance abuse treatment related to marijuana use is available from the Treatment Episode Data System (TEDS). The TEDS provides the number of persons entering substance use treatment, the drugs they are using at the time of admission, the primary drug for which they are seeking treatment, as well as basic demographic information. TEDS data are available for both Indiana and the U.S.; however, TEDS data for Indiana do not reflect all persons in substance abuse treatment but only those in treatment at facilities that receive funds from the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions. TEDS data related to marijuana use can be viewed by age, race, and gender. The percent of treatment admissions related to marijuana can be viewed across the state for the past 10 years and trend data are available for each of Indiana’s 92 counties.
Marijuana Use
The following visualizations provide information on individuals who reported using marijuana at the time of their admission to substance abuse treatment:
Marijuana - Primary Drug
The following visualizations provide information on individuals who reported that they were entering substance abuse treatment primarily for the use of marijuana:
Criminal Justice Consequences
Data on legal consequences related to marijuana use are available through the Uniform Crime Reporting system (UCR) maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). UCR data related to marijuana contains arrests for the possession of marijuana and for the sale of marijuana. Data on the rate of marijuana-related arrests for each offense for the past 9 years are available for Indiana and the U.S. as well as for Indiana counties. The map provides information on the rate of each marijuana-related offense throughout the state for the past 9 years. Trend data for each county are also available.