During the time I've spent in low socioeconomic areas, a pattern I've noticed constantly is the widespread usage of substances, especially marijuana. I strongly suspect that socioeconomic stressors drive people to turn to these substances.
Therefore, if an initiative is made to instead replace these substances with safer and more stress-inhibiting (progesterone, thyroid), along with the needed social, cultural, and economic changes, self-therapy would then actually be constructive while simultaneously ending some of the funding of criminal organizations in the area.
Results: At the overall level, the prevalences of lifetime and frequent cannabis use varied only slightly between 2000 and 2015. Cannabis use was associated with socioeconomic adversities (parental unemployment in the past year, low parental education, and not living with both parents). The differences in any and frequent cannabis use between socioeconomic groups increased significantly over the study period.
Conclusions: Although the overall changes in the prevalence of adolescent cannabis use were modest, cannabis use increased markedly among adolescents with the most socioeconomic adversities. Socioeconomic adversities should be considered in the prevention of adolescent cannabis use.
Therefore, if an initiative is made to instead replace these substances with safer and more stress-inhibiting (progesterone, thyroid), along with the needed social, cultural, and economic changes, self-therapy would then actually be constructive while simultaneously ending some of the funding of criminal organizations in the area.
Changes in cannabis use according to socioeconomic status among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015 - PubMed
Although the overall changes in the prevalence of adolescent cannabis use were modest, cannabis use increased markedly among adolescents with the most socioeconomic adversities. Socioeconomic adversities should be considered in the prevention of adolescent cannabis use.
Results: At the overall level, the prevalences of lifetime and frequent cannabis use varied only slightly between 2000 and 2015. Cannabis use was associated with socioeconomic adversities (parental unemployment in the past year, low parental education, and not living with both parents). The differences in any and frequent cannabis use between socioeconomic groups increased significantly over the study period.
Conclusions: Although the overall changes in the prevalence of adolescent cannabis use were modest, cannabis use increased markedly among adolescents with the most socioeconomic adversities. Socioeconomic adversities should be considered in the prevention of adolescent cannabis use.