{"id":6727,"date":"2024-05-23T23:12:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T23:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=6727"},"modified":"2024-05-23T23:27:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T23:27:25","slug":"cannabis-tops-alcohol-as-americans-daily-drug-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=6727","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Tops Alcohol as Americans\u2019 Daily Drug of Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new study shows a growing number of people are regularly using cannabis, while frequent alcohol consumption has remained stable.<\/p>\n

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For the first time on record, cannabis has outpaced alcohol as the daily drug of choice for Americans.<\/p>\n

In 2022 there were 17.7 million people who reported using cannabis either every day or nearly every day, compared with 14.7 million who reported using alcohol with the same frequency, according to a study, published on Wednesday<\/a> in the journal Addiction that analyzed data from the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health.<\/p>\n

While far more people drink than use cannabis, drinking frequently has become slightly less common than it was around 15 years ago, the study found. But the proportion of people in the U.S. who use cannabis frequently has increased 15-fold in the three decades since 1992, when daily cannabis use hit a low point.<\/p>\n

Cannabis legalization has also rapidly accelerated since the \u201990s. The drug is now legal for recreational use in 24 states and Washington, D.C.<\/a>, and for medical use in 38 states<\/a> and D.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The sharp increase in the prevalence of high-frequency cannabis use over the last three decades might partly be attributed to a growing acceptance of the drug, said Jonathan P. Caulkins, a professor of public policy at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. And because the survey data was self-reported, people may now feel more comfortable disclosing how often they use it.<\/p>\n

Even so, \u201cI don\u2019t think that for most daily or near-daily users it is a health-promoting activity,\u201d he added. \u201cFor some, it\u2019s truly harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A new study shows a growing number of people are regularly using cannabis, while frequent alcohol consumption has remained stable.For the first time on record, cannabis has outpaced alcohol as the daily drug of choice for Americans.In 2022 there were 17.7 million people who reported using cannabis either every day or nearly every day, compared with 14.7 million who reported using alcohol with the same frequency, according to a study, published on Wednesday in the journal Addiction that analyzed data from the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health.While far more people drink than use cannabis, drinking frequently has become slightly less common than it was around 15 years ago, the study found. But the proportion of people in the U.S. who use cannabis frequently has increased 15-fold in the three decades since 1992, when daily cannabis use hit a low point.Cannabis legalization has also rapidly accelerated since the \u201990s. The drug is now legal for recreational use in 24 states and Washington, D.C., and for medical use in 38 states and D.C.The sharp increase in the prevalence of high-frequency cannabis use over the last three decades might partly be attributed to a growing acceptance of the drug, said Jonathan P. Caulkins, a professor of public policy at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. And because the survey data was self-reported, people may now feel more comfortable disclosing how often they use it.Even so, \u201cI don\u2019t think that for most daily or near-daily users it is a health-promoting activity,\u201d he added. \u201cFor some, it\u2019s truly harmful.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6729,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6730,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6727\/revisions\/6730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}