Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Have Tried Marijuana
Posted on AllSides August 17th, 2021
From The Center
The percentage of U.S. adults who say they have tried marijuana has ticked up to 49%, the highest Gallup has measured to date. More than 50 years ago, just 4% said they had tried the drug, but that percentage surpassed 20% in 1977, 30% in 1985 and 40% in 2015.
A much smaller proportion of U.S. adults, 12%, say they "smoke marijuana." The percentage of current marijuana smokers has been steady in recent years, varying between 11% and 13% after increasing from the 7% Gallup initially measured in 2013.
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