For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana almost every day has grown greater than the number who drink alcohol almost every day.
This change, some 40 years in the making, comes as marijuana use has become more common and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.
In 2022, an estimated 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or near-daily. In comparison, 14.7 million people reported being daily or near-daily drinkers, an examination of national survey data shows.
