Daily Marijuana Use Greater than Daily Alcohol Use in US

2024-06-02

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  • For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana almost every day has grown greater than the number who drink alcohol almost every day.
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  • This change, some 40 years in the making, comes as marijuana use has become more common and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.
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  • In 2022, an estimated 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or near-daily.
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  • In comparison, 14.7 million people reported being daily or near-daily drinkers, an examination of national survey data shows.
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  • In 1992, when daily pot use hit a low point, less than 1 million people said they used marijuana nearly every day.
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  • Alcohol is still more widely used.
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  • But 2022 was the first time this high level of marijuana use overtook daily and near-daily drinking, said the study's writer, Jonathan Caulkins of Carnegie Mellon University.
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  • "A good 40 percent 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.
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  • The research, based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, appeared recently in the publication Addiction.
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  • The survey is a highly regarded source of self-reported estimates of tobacco, alcohol and drug use in the United States.
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  • From 1992 to 2022, the per capita rate of those reporting daily or near-daily marijuana use increased by 15 times.
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  • Caulkins suggested in the study that people may be more willing to report marijuana use as public acceptance grows.
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  • Most states now permit medical or recreational marijuana, though it remains illegal at the federal level.
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  • In November, Florida voters will decide on a constitutional change permitting recreational cannabis.
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  • And the federal government is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
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  • Research shows that high-frequency users are more likely to become addicted to marijuana, said Dr. David A. Gorelick of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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  • Gorelick was not involved in the study.
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  • The number of daily users suggests that more people are at risk for developing problematic cannabis use or addiction, Gorelick said.
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  • "High frequency use also increases the risk of developing cannabis-associated psychosis," a severe condition where a person loses touch with reality, he said.
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  • I'm John Russell.
  • 1
  • For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana almost every day has grown greater than the number who drink alcohol almost every day.
  • 2
  • This change, some 40 years in the making, comes as marijuana use has become more common and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.
  • 3
  • In 2022, an estimated 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or near-daily. In comparison, 14.7 million people reported being daily or near-daily drinkers, an examination of national survey data shows.
  • 4
  • In 1992, when daily pot use hit a low point, less than 1 million people said they used marijuana nearly every day.
  • 5
  • Alcohol is still more widely used. But 2022 was the first time this high level of marijuana use overtook daily and near-daily drinking, said the study's writer, Jonathan Caulkins of Carnegie Mellon University.
  • 6
  • "A good 40 percent 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.
  • 7
  • The research, based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, appeared recently in the publication Addiction.
  • 8
  • The survey is a highly regarded source of self-reported estimates of tobacco, alcohol and drug use in the United States.
  • 9
  • From 1992 to 2022, the per capita rate of those reporting daily or near-daily marijuana use increased by 15 times. Caulkins suggested in the study that people may be more willing to report marijuana use as public acceptance grows.
  • 10
  • Most states now permit medical or recreational marijuana, though it remains illegal at the federal level. In November, Florida voters will decide on a constitutional change permitting recreational cannabis.
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  • And the federal government is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
  • 12
  • Research shows that high-frequency users are more likely to become addicted to marijuana, said Dr. David A. Gorelick of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Gorelick was not involved in the study.
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  • The number of daily users suggests that more people are at risk for developing problematic cannabis use or addiction, Gorelick said.
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  • "High frequency use also increases the risk of developing cannabis-associated psychosis," a severe condition where a person loses touch with reality, he said.
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  • I'm John Russell.
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  • Carla K. Johnson reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • marijuana - n. the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant that are smoked as a drug
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  • cannabis - n. a drug (such as marijuana) that comes from the hemp plant
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  • pattern - n. the regular and repeated way in which something happens or is done
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  • recreational - adj. done for pleasure or enjoyment
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  • frequency - n. the number of times something happens