A cannabis policy researcher found that there are more daily marijuana users than there are Americans who drink alcohol everyday. Alcohol is still more widely-used than weed.
Newly-released research argues that more Americans use marijuana daily than drink alcohol every day. The study, which was published in the journal Addiction on Wednesday, was authored by Carnegie Mellon University cannabis policy researcher Jonathan Caulkins. It relied on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
good 40% of current cannabis users are using it daily or near daily, a pattern that is more associated with tobacco use than typical alcohol use,' Caulkins explained. Both substances are dangerous to use excessively. In March, experts sat down with Fox News Digital to outline the dangers of smoking marijuana every day. Massachusetts General Hospital data analyst Dr. Abra Jeffers stressed to Fox News Digital that marijuana is hazardous to use in excess.
There needs to be shared decision-making between the patient and the provider with regard to cannabis use,' he said. 'Patient-centered, non-judgmental conversations are what is really needed.' The Associated Press and Fox News Digital's Angelica Stabile contributed to this report. For more Health articles, visit www.foxnews.com/health.
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