A new poll finds that more Americans smoke marijuana on a daily basis than drink alcohol every day—and that alcohol drinkers are more likely to say they would benefit from limiting their use than cannabis consumers are.
U.S. adults who drink alcohol are nearly three times as likely to say they’d be better off reducing their intake of the drug compared to marijuana consumers who said they’d benefit from using their preferred substance less often, the survey found.
It also says that while lifetime and monthly alcohol drinking among adults was far more common than cannabis use, daily marijuana consumption was slightly more popular than daily drinking.
Meanwhile, 60 percent of adults said they think marijuana use should be legal in the U.S., while 76 percent of people said consuming alcohol should be legal. Among people who’d used either substance, feelings toward legality were about the same—81 percent of people who’d ever used alcohol said it should be permitted, and 79 percent of people who’d ever tried marijuana said consumption should be allowed.
The survey, conducted by YouGov, polled 1,116 U.S. adults from June 7-10. Of those, 84 percent said they’d ever used alcohol, while fewer than half (48 percent) said they’d ever tried marijuana.
As for monthly use, more than 4 in 10 adults (41 percent) said they drink at least on a monthly basis. Less than half that proportion (17 percent) said they use marijuana at least monthly.
In terms of daily use, however, marijuana was more common, with 8 percent of adults saying they use cannabis daily. Five percent of adults, meanwhile, said they drink on a daily basis. New research indicates that daily marijuana users outnumber daily alcohol consumers in the U.S. Among U.S. adult citizens, % who drink …
Several times a day: 2%
Once a day: 3% Among U.S. adult citizens, % who use marijuana …
Several times a day: 5%
Once a day: 3%… pic.twitter.com/ZXMiNeE4Ca — YouGov America (@YouGovAmerica) July 18, 2024 On that point, the YouGov report notes that its findings support those of a separate study published in May in the journal Addiction that similarly found that there are more […]
More Americans Smoke Marijuana Every Day Than Drink Alcohol On A Daily Basis, Poll Shows
