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Axios reports:
Daily marijuana use has outpaced daily alcohol consumption in the U.S. for the first time, according to a study published Wednesday.
Shifting consumption patterns reflect changes in attitudes toward marijuana as states embrace legalization and the Biden administration moves to reclassify it as a less dangerous substance under federal law.
Daily or near daily marijuana use grew by 269% from 2008 to 2022, according to an analysis conducted by Jonathan Caulkins, a Carnegie Mellon University professor. Meanwhile, the prevalence of daily or near daily alcohol use fell by 7%.
The Washington Post reports:
In 2022, about 17.7 million people reported daily or near-daily marijuana use, compared with 14.7 million people who reported drinking at the same frequency, said the report, which was based on more than four decades of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
It was the first time the survey recorded more frequent users of cannabis than alcohol, the report added.
The research was published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction. The research window spans the years 1979 to 2022, and the 27 surveys that were analyzed involved more than 1.6 million participants during that time frame.
Daily Marijuana Use In U.S. Is Now More Common Than Daily Alcohol Drinking, New Study Finds: “From 1992 to 2022, there was a 15-fold increase in the per capita rate of reporting daily or near daily use.”https://t.co/n7uyzRd43e
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