New study shows more people smoke marijuana daily than drink alcohol

(CNN) — A new study has found that more Americans now use marijuana daily than alcohol. .
Looking at data from 2022 from theU.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 17-point-7 million people reportedly used cannabis daily or near-daily, compared to 14-point-7 million daily drinkers.

A big difference from three decades ago when nearly nine-million people reported drinking daily compared to less than a million who reported smoking pot each day. Researchers say marijuana use “appears to be on a fundamentally different scale.” after being legalized in many places around the United States. The study was published in the journal ‘Addiction’.