Minnesota teens continue to report declining rates of cannabis use

Minnesota teens report using cannabis at half the rate they did a decade ago. That’s according to survey data the state collected in 2025 and published this spring. Four percent of students in grades 8, 9 and 11 said they had used cannabis in the last year, compared to about 10 percent in 2013. It’s continued to decline since the state legalized marijuana for adults in 2023. Lani Lovas oversees school nurses and sets policies as health services director for Bloomington Public Schools. She joined to provide more perspective on the findings.