Americans think marijuana and psychedelics are much safer now than they did a decade ago, federal study shows
A new analysis of the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted annually by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), found broadly that “perceptions of harm associated with substance use have been steadily declining for most substances since 2015.”
While risk perception has declined across multiple substances over the past decade, it was down “considerably” for cannabis… notably, perceptions of harm for the psychedelic LSD “experienced the largest decline over the period for more frequent use (-14 percent) and less frequent use (-20 percent),” it said. “The changing perceptions of harm associated with LSD illustrate the pattern,” the report continued. “For trying LSD once or twice, overall perception of harm decreased -20 percent. By age group, perception of harm declined by 19 percent among adults aged 26+, 23 percent among youth aged 12-17, and by 31 percent among young adults aged 18-25.”
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Americans think marijuana and psychedelics are much safer now than they did a decade ago, federal study shows
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