"Jonathan Caulkins reported that 2022 marked the year daily, or near-daily (i.e., at least 20 days each month), cannabis users outnumbered daily, or near-daily, alcohol users for the first time. While the total number of Americans consuming alcohol is still greater than those using cannabis, heavy users of each tells a different story. An estimated 17.7 million Americans use cannabis every day, or nearly every day,"
"Most people's opinions rest on only a limited view of the world, including personal and family experience, a few hundred acquaintances, studies carried by popular media, and public policy positions staked out by their favored politicians. These sources of information lack the wider perspective achieved by scientific studies of whole populations and detailed laboratory research of brain structure and mental functioning in very frequent versus occasional cannabis users and nonusers, both adolescent and adult onset of use."
By 2022, an estimated 17.7 million Americans used cannabis daily or nearly daily, exceeding the 14.7 million Americans who used alcohol at similar frequency. Scientific population studies and laboratory research comparing very frequent, occasional, and nonusers—including adolescent and adult onset—show that daily cannabis use subtly reduces mental and fine motor functioning. Heavy cannabis users must weigh documented cognitive and motor costs against benefits. Reducing or refraining from daily cannabis commonly produces unpleasant withdrawal and adjustment effects, which complicate attempts to cut back.
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