Daily Marijuana Use Greater than Daily Alcohol Use in US — VOA Learning English
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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.
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.
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.
In 1992, when daily pot use hit a low point, less than 1 million people said they used marijuana nearly every day.
Alcohol is still more widely used. But 2022 was the first time this high level of marijuana use…
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