{"id":1024,"date":"2016-06-21T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2016-06-20T20:15:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T03:15:43","slug":"marijuana-no-longer-taboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"

As amazing as it seems now, it was just the middle of last century that marijuana was being demonized as a drug that would destroy lives. Now, headlines state that marijuana no longer taboo among the younger population.<\/p>\n

Starting with films in the first half of the 20th<\/sup> Century \u2013 most notably the 1936 film \u201cReefer Madness\u201d<\/a> \u2013 marijuana was portrayed as a drug that lead to madness, suicide and criminal behavior. To this day, it remains classified as a Schedule 1 illegal narcotic by the federal government.<\/p>\n

But in just the past decade, things have changed quickly. Four states \u2013 Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, as well as the District of Columbia \u2013 have legalized marijuana for recreational use by those over 21. More are expected to vote on it this year.<\/p>\n

And almost half the states in the country have legalized marijuana for medicinal use.<\/p>\n

Where once the country\u2019s youth were educated to fear the use of marijuana, studies are showing that the nation\u2019s younger generations are permissive about pot.<\/p>\n

Marijuana No Longer Taboo: New Study On Youth\u2019s View of Pot<\/h2>\n

Anyone who grew up in the 1960s or any American generation thereafter knows that pot is extremely popular among the nation\u2019s young people \u2013 and it also came with the threat of being arrested for buying it or possessing it.<\/p>\n

But while kids were expected to grow up and out of any interest in marijuana, it now has become socially acceptable among many to use routinely, much like having a drink in the evening is a ritual for many.<\/p>\n

This is especially true among the younger generation, according to a new study from the University of California \u2013 San Francisco. The study, published recently in the American Journal of Public Health, finds that attitudes toward marijuana use are no different for young people living in states where cannabis is legal or in states where it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

According to a report on the study in Forbes, researchers wrote that \u201cthis raises the possibility that the progressive liberalization of marijuana control policies at the state level has culminated in a national debate that is influencing all young Americans regardless of the states they dwell in.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur analysis also suggests that more permissive attitudes may be drivers in the liberalization of state marijuana control policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attitudes Changing Even Among Older Americans<\/h3>\n

The study looked at results from surveys on attitudes toward marijuana over the past decade and found that the younger generation increasingly favors legalization of cannabis.<\/p>\n

That attitude mirrors what is happening with older Americans, as well. In 2015, a poll from Gallup<\/a> found that 58% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, the third consecutive year that a majority favored legalization.<\/p>\n

A 2016 CBS poll also found that a majority support legalization, while a whopping 90 percent support legalizing pot for medical use. That same poll found 51% said they had tried marijuana, up from 43 percent in 2015.\u00a0 Of those polled, 71 percent under the age of 35 support legalization.<\/p>\n

All of this supports the belief that the acceptance of marijuana is on the rise, led by the nation\u2019s younger generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Times have changed for cannabis. Marijuana is no longer taboo among younger generations, opening the doors to a cannabis friendly society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[78,77,38,34,42],"yoast_head":"\nMarijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Times have changed for cannabis. Marijuana no longer taboo among younger generations is opening the doors to a cannabis friendly society.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Times have changed for cannabis. Marijuana no longer taboo among younger generations is opening the doors to a cannabis friendly society.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dispensaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-21T20:00:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-21T03:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dispensariescom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/\",\"name\":\"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-21T20:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-21T03:15:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\"},\"description\":\"Times have changed for cannabis. Marijuana no longer taboo among younger generations is opening the doors to a cannabis friendly society.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dispensaries Editor\"},\"description\":\"The editorial staff at Dispensaries.com are industry insiders, focused on bringing you authoritative and in depth coverage of the legal marijuana industry. We cover everything to the business trends, latest products and even help the cannicurious people better understand cannabis and the industry around it.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dispensariescom\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/author\/dispensaries-editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations","description":"Times have changed for cannabis. Marijuana no longer taboo among younger generations is opening the doors to a cannabis friendly society.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations","og_description":"Times have changed for cannabis. Marijuana no longer taboo among younger generations is opening the doors to a cannabis friendly society.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/","og_site_name":"Dispensaries","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/","article_published_time":"2016-06-21T20:00:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-06-21T03:15:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dispensaries Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dispensariescom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dispensaries Editor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/","name":"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-06-21T20:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-21T03:15:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0"},"description":"Times have changed for cannabis. Marijuana no longer taboo among younger generations is opening the doors to a cannabis friendly society.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/marijuana-no-longer-taboo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Marijuana No Longer Taboo Among Younger Generations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/","name":"Dispensaries","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0","name":"Dispensaries Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dispensaries Editor"},"description":"The editorial staff at Dispensaries.com are industry insiders, focused on bringing you authoritative and in depth coverage of the legal marijuana industry. We cover everything to the business trends, latest products and even help the cannicurious people better understand cannabis and the industry around it.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/dispensariescom"],"url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/author\/dispensaries-editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1030,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions\/1030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}