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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idiocracy
Weed has replaced Newports with the under-40 Amish crowd.
Aren’t we proud of ourselves.
But we were all told that everyone was already smoking pot and legalization would not increase usage.
What if you do both? Asking for myself
Throw in a Prozac while you’re at
before they hit the big time glorifying its use (a mercenary coup if ever there was one), cheech and chong built a cult following by mocking the fact that pot turned people into zombies.
I know a ton of people who are heavily medicated every day — cannabis, plus CBD, plus melatonin, plus prozac-like drugs, plus alcohol.
This is not a happy society. People are struggling to get through their day, and they don’t want to do it straight.
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.
Try doubling that 15% to 30+ ans then I might be interested. The prices have plummeted as well and I get the test results
Our state requires test results and regulates the contents
I’ll drink to that....
Yes we can see how it’s done wonders for your temperament. Thanks for sharing.
I’m not hearing about lung cancer increases, yet smoking pot is up?
BINGO!
So old school but, You might remember wine bongs where you drank the wine when you run out of weed ?
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