Nearly Half of Americans Have Tried Cannabis, According to Research

50% of adults in the United States say they have experimented with cannabis. The new data is higher than previous results, with 45% in 2017 and 2019. One-sixth of Americans (17%) say they “smoke cannabis,” which is also a new record since 2003, although similar to the 16% reported a year earlier.

The results come from Gallup’s annual consumption habits survey conducted July 3-27. The percentage of Americans who smoke cannabis has more than doubled since 2013, when this question was first asked. Then 7% declared that they did it.

Trends in Gallup’s survey of cannabis use show that experimentation increased dramatically in the first decade after the initial measurement. Between 1969 and 1977 it increased by 20 percentage points, from 4% to 24%. It then rose another nine points, to 33%, in 1985, but then stuck below 40% until 2015, when it rose to 44%.

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Increased Support for Cannabis Legalization

Over the same period, Gallup has reported a significant increase in public support for the legalization of cannabis in the US, rising from 12% in 1969 to 68% today.

Across almost all age, gender and education groups, about half of U.S. adults have experimented with cannabis. The differences are wider by party affiliation, with majorities of Democrats (57%) and independents (52%) saying they’re trying, compared with 39% of Republicans.

As Gallup previously reported, current use is highest among adults ages 18 to 34 (29%). This percentage is more than three times higher than among adults aged 55 and older (9%).

Americans show low levels of concern about the effects of cannabis on regular adult users. Most say they are “not very” (32%) or “not at all concerned” (23%), while less than half say they are “very” (19%) or “somewhat concerned” (26%). .

Summary

As cannabis becomes more available to Americans and legal in more states, reports of its use and experimentation have increased. Now half the country has tried it while the other half says they have never done it.

Experimentation with cannabis among most subgroups is on par with the national average, but rates of current use vary more and are highest among young adults.

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