A report based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that the number of Americans who smoke every day is greater than the amount who drink alcohol daily.
Newly-released research argues that more Americans use marijuana daily than drink alcohol every day.
The study, which was published in the journal Addiction on Wednesday, was authored by Carnegie Mellon University cannabis policy researcher Jonathan Caulkins. It relied on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Though more Americans drink alcohol than smoke weed overall, the study argues that this is the first time in American history that daily marijuana consumers outnumbered daily alcohol users.
According to the study, 17.7 million Americans reported using marijuana every day or near-daily as of 2022. Only 14.7 million people in the U.S. reported that they drink alcohol daily or almost daily in the same year.
« 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 explained.
