Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

[Zorro]

Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades.

Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook high-frequency 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 estimates of tobacco, alcohol and drug use in the United States.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2024/05/22/daily-pot-use-compared-to-alcohol/

[sl8]

1. Well, jeez, if I'd known it was a competition ...

It is interesting, though.

[obamanut2012]

2. Yup, my wife and I both use it daily

Both flower and an edible for sleep, although I am the only one who also has an edible.

[John Shaft]

3. Right on

would help more people to mellow out, man.

[multigraincracker]

4. My use went down to rarely

After it became legal. Not as much fun now.

[walkingman]

5. Weed being used more often than alcohol is a good thing by any measure.

I would much rather live in a stoned society that a drunk one.

[brewens]

6. Fewer alcohol junkies and more stoners works for me. Alcohol is the only drug I ever saw anyone

OD on, and more times than I can count.

Times I had a problem with stoner on the job = 0
Times I had a problem on the job because some drunks mommy didn't teach him to hold a glass like a big boy, more than I can count.