Recent polling suggests there are more daily cannabis consumers than daily alcohol drinkers in the U.S., although alcohol use is still far more prevalent in terms of monthly use.
Another Survey Finds More Americans Use Cannabis Daily Than Drink Alcohol Daily
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While there are fewer cannabis consumers in the U.S. than alcohol consumers, there are more daily cannabis consumers than daily drinkers, according to a recent YouGov survey. The poll was conducted online from June 7-10, 2024, and surveyed 1,116 U.S. adults with an approximate margin of error of 4%. The survey comes on the heels of similar findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, published in May.
The survey found that 8% of American adults consume cannabis daily (5% several times per day, 3% once per day) while 5% of Americans are daily drinkers (2% several times per day, 3% once per day).
The results match an analysis of the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health that was published in the journal Addiction in May.
The YouGov survey results also showed that outside of daily consumption, alcohol consumption continues to outpace cannabis use in nearly every other metric: alcohol consumption, for example, outpaces cannabis consumption when it comes to consuming a few times per week (12% alcohol, 5% cannabis), once per week (8% alcohol, 1% cannabis), a few times per month (10% alcohol, 2% cannabis), or just once per month (6% alcohol, 1% cannabis). Additionally, 51% of respondents said they had never tried cannabis while just 15% said they had never tried alcohol.
Also per the survey: 30% of American adults believe they’d be better off if they consumed alcohol less often, while just 11% think they’d be better off consuming cannabis less frequently. Meanwhile, 3% of adult respondents said they’d be better off consuming alcohol more frequently, while 10% believed they’d be better off consuming cannabis more frequently.
The survey also found that a solid majority of Americans (60%) believe that cannabis consumption should be legal in the U.S.
A Gallup poll published last November found public support for the federal legalization of cannabis had climbed to 70%.
Another poll published in April found that most Americans no longer believe that cannabis use carries a stigma and that cannabis will only grow more popular with time.
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