Posted on 05/22/2024 10:56:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, according to an analysis of national survey data, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol.
Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook daily and near-daily drinking, said the study’s author, Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.
“A good 40% of current cannabis users are using it daily or near daily, a pattern that is more associated with tobacco use than typical alcohol use,” Caulkins said.
The research, based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, was published Wednesday in the journal Addiction. The survey is a highly regarded source of self-reported estimates of tobacco, alcohol and drug use in the United States.
In 2022, an estimated 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or near-daily compared to 14.7 million daily or near-daily drinkers, according to the study. …
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“Few point out that THC content has increased from about 3% to 15%, meaning pot is more dangerous. Laura Ingraham had a segment in which it was argued that pot is now causing deaths because it is being mixed with fentanyl.”
You & many others point it out regularly. And how does a plant ‘cause deaths’? Same way SUV’s & guns just go out of control?
“Stronger pot only means you need to smoke less to achieve the desired effect.”
Except, as we both know there is a segment of society that will take more to get a better desired effect. Hence the existence of “dabs”, almost pure THC, which I personally think should be banned. I partake daily FWIW, flower purchased at dispensaries in Colorodo & Illinois. I currently reside in TN & have no desire for legalization here. Nashville & Memphis, neither of which I live in, are bad enough already.
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