Youth and Marijuana Data Book - Example Report
Source: THRIVE Mat-Su Coalition
As the Matanuska-Susitna Borough's substance use prevention coalition, Thrive Mat-Su identified youth marijuana use as a key issue needing a strategic prevention initiative. In 2018, Thrive Mat-Su conducted a literature review of marijuana impacts on youth, risk and protective factors for youth marijuana use, and evidenced-based strategies for youth marijuana-use prevention that may be appropriate for the Mat-Su Borough. After reviewing the national literature and prevention strategies, the coalition identified the need to review local data to refine its youth marijuana prevention and community education efforts further. This report presents a summary of the best publicly available data on marijuana use for the Mat-Su Borough.