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In reply to the discussion: CNN's Sanjay Gupta: We've been misled about cannabis [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)109. Gallup: Cannabis Usage Little Changed Over Three Decades
http://www.gallup.com/poll/163835/tried-marijuana-little-changed-80s.aspx
Even as Americans' support for legalizing marijuana has doubled, and more than 20 states have loosened marijuana restrictions in various ways, Gallup finds relatively little increase throughout the past three decades in the percentage of U.S. adults who say they have tried marijuana. Thirty-eight percent of Americans admit to having tried marijuana, compared with 34% in 1999 and 33% in 1985.
Before Americans' self-reported experimentation with marijuana leveled off in the 1980s, it surged in the 1970s, rising from 4% in 1969 to 12% in 1973 and 24% in 1977.
Gallup's trend by age reveals that widespread experimentation with marijuana first occurred among adults aged 18 to 29 between 1969 and 1973, rising from 8% to 35%. It then continued to mount, reaching 56% by 1977, and remained at that level in 1985. Since then, however, marijuana use among young adults has progressively declined. At the same time, as the bulge of young adults who tried marijuana in the 1970s ages and replaces older Americans who never tried it, the rate of all Americans who have ever tried the drug has increased slightly.
There are relatively minor differences in marijuana use by race -- between whites and nonwhites -- and by education. There are no income-related differences among those who say they have tried marijuana, but lower-income Americans are the most likely to say they currently use it. This is consistent with the higher percentage of young adults who say they smoke it, given young adults report relatively lower household income figures.
Even as Americans' support for legalizing marijuana has doubled, and more than 20 states have loosened marijuana restrictions in various ways, Gallup finds relatively little increase throughout the past three decades in the percentage of U.S. adults who say they have tried marijuana. Thirty-eight percent of Americans admit to having tried marijuana, compared with 34% in 1999 and 33% in 1985.
Before Americans' self-reported experimentation with marijuana leveled off in the 1980s, it surged in the 1970s, rising from 4% in 1969 to 12% in 1973 and 24% in 1977.
Gallup's trend by age reveals that widespread experimentation with marijuana first occurred among adults aged 18 to 29 between 1969 and 1973, rising from 8% to 35%. It then continued to mount, reaching 56% by 1977, and remained at that level in 1985. Since then, however, marijuana use among young adults has progressively declined. At the same time, as the bulge of young adults who tried marijuana in the 1970s ages and replaces older Americans who never tried it, the rate of all Americans who have ever tried the drug has increased slightly.
There are relatively minor differences in marijuana use by race -- between whites and nonwhites -- and by education. There are no income-related differences among those who say they have tried marijuana, but lower-income Americans are the most likely to say they currently use it. This is consistent with the higher percentage of young adults who say they smoke it, given young adults report relatively lower household income figures.
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He admits his mistake now, when it is relatively safe to do so from a public relations standpoint...
markpkessinger
Aug 2013
#102
... big pharma must be getting closer to genetic replication & Copyrighting ....
Myrina
Aug 2013
#29
how many lives have been ruined by this bullshit? how much money has been made on drug war?
spanone
Aug 2013
#32
Good for Gupta, he stopped lying! I think the seizure patients make it hard for
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#35
I was having serious emotional side effects from the chronic back/neck/arm pain from
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#52
Too much is at stake for big brother to fully decriminalize cannabis, for all that funding
indepat
Aug 2013
#54
It's helpful if you can trust him and I dont. He wanted so badly to be Surgeon General
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#127
But think about it. "he didnt do his homework"? This man is supposed to be brilliant, and
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#79
More like, "I realize my credibility is suffering because I'm lumped in with this other idiot."
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#93
Their new argument- you can tell the rationale is failing- is "its very unlikely that a pot smoker
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#122