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What is Think First Montana?
Think First Montana is a project of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services to increase awareness of risk factors about the use of marijuana for youth ages 12-20.
Why is this important?
- Recent changes in Montana’s marijuana laws may make marijuana more available to underage youth and may decrease perception of harm.
- Few (17%) Montana adults (ages 18 and older) perceive great risk from smoking marijuana once a month.
- Few (8%) Montana young adults (ages 18 to 25) perceive great risk from smoking marijuana once a month.
- Few (22%) Montana High School students think people risk harming themselves (moderate risk or great risk) if they try marijuana once or twice.
- Some (43%) Montana High School students think people risk harming themselves (moderate risk or great risk) if they smoke marijuana once or twice a week.
- Almost half (46%) of Montana 12th graders have used marijuana in their lifetime.
- Most (72%) Montana 12th graders have not used marijuana in the past 30 days.
- Use of marijuana in the past 30 days among Montana High School students increased from 2020 (19%) to 2022 (23%).
- Some (12%) Montana High School students have used a vape product with marijuana in the past 12 months.
Who’s behind Think First Montana?
Think First Montana is brought to you by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Division with support from the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University.
Montana Department of
Public Health and Human Services
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Division
P.O. Box 202905
100 North Park, Suite 300
Helena, MT 59620-2905
Phone: (406) 444-3964
https://dphhs.mt.gov/prevention/
Center for Health and Safety Culture
Montana State University
P.O. Box 170548
Bozeman, MT 59717-0548
Phone: (406) 994-7873
https://chsculture.org
Who pays for Think First Montana?
The funding for this project comes [in part] from CFDA 93.959 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Where does this information come from?
Our information comes from sources like the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). All sources are cited or linked when referenced.
