ADUC – Article – In the USA, more cannabis is consumed every day than alcohol

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana nearly every day has surpassed the number of those who drink alcohol, a shift that comes nearly 40 years after recreational use of weed became more widespread and legal in almost half of the US states.

According to an analysis of national survey data, in 2022, approximately 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or nearly daily compared to 14.7 million daily or nearly daily drinkers. In 1992, when daily pot use reached its lowest point, fewer than 1 million people reported using marijuana nearly every day.

Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use exceeded daily and near-daily use, said study author Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.

“A full 40% of current cannabis users use it daily or nearly 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.

(Associated Press of 05/23/2024)

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