The following is from Gallup News.
A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans’ views on the effects of marijuana have worsened over the past two years. Slim majorities now say they believe marijuana negatively impacts both society as a whole (54%) and most people who use it (51%).
This contrasts with Gallup’s findings from 2022, when the public was evenly divided on marijuana’s societal impact and more likely to say the effect on most users was positive (53%) rather than negative (45%).
The latest data from Gallup’s July 1-21 Consumption Habits poll show that majorities of Americans in several demographic groups, including those who say they have tried marijuana, young adults aged 18-34, Democrats, and those who attend religious services less than monthly or never, say they believe marijuana has a positive effect on most users.
In contrast, majorities of those who say they have never tried marijuana, adults 55 and older, Republicans, and those who attend religious services at least monthly, say they believe marijuana has a negative effect on most users. Independents and adults aged 35 to 54 are divided in their views. All groups have become less likely since 2022 to say marijuana has a positive effect on users.
Meanwhile, less than half of Americans in each demographic group now say they believe marijuana positively impacts society.
Americans Believe Marijuana Less Harmful Than Other Substances
A separate question in the July survey measures U.S. adults’ opinions of the harmfulness of substances like cigarettes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, cigars, a pipe, nicotine patches, alcohol, and marijuana.
Although majorities of Americans say they believe each of the eight substances is “very” or “somewhat” harmful to its users, the two-thirds who say marijuana is very (26%) or somewhat (40%) harmful is the lowest. In contrast, more than nine in 10 U.S. adults say they consider cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and e-cigarettes or vaping to be harmful, including majorities calling each very harmful.
The public’s perceptions of marijuana’s harmfulness have worsened slightly since last year when 23% say they viewed it as very and 35% somewhat harmful.
The 13% of U.S. adults who say they currently smoke marijuana is down slightly from the 16% to 17% range recorded in 2022 and 2023. Meanwhile, a steady 12% of U.S. adults say they consume edibles, about matching the 11% of Americans who say they smoke cigarettes, which ties the low in Gallup’s 80-year trend.
Seven percent of U.S. adults say they vape or use e-cigarettes. Alcohol use remains more widespread, with 58% of U.S. adults saying they have occasion to drink.
Bottom Line
Marijuana is legal for recreational use in 24 states, and the U.S. Justice Department has recently begun the process to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Although U.S. adults are less likely to call marijuana “harmful” than seven other substances, slim majorities now say they believe marijuana has a negative effect on its users and society as a whole.
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this is because big tobacco is spending millions because the tobacco stocks have lost millions pot don’t kill and tobacco has killed 1 million every years world wide that is the bottom line
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Re : Opioids are the next chemical
fix—after being acclimated to
marijuana (( Gateway Drug ))
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And the madness continues :
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-Rick
I can speak from 1st hand experience. My son is a marijuana user and I can state unequivocally it is harmful. He’s been a user for 10 years and its grip on him is very powerful. There are physical side effects that can be quite traumatic. Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome is what he gets to experience. It can make it very difficult to eat without nausea. He has to push himself to eat and it can at times seem like you’re having a heart attack. He is in the process of going cold Turkey to quit for the 3 rd time. It’s going to be a rough week or two but he’s done it before he can do it again. The benefits of being off marijuana are well worth the effort. I pray for him. I just wish he’d never started. I know he wishes he’d never started too. His life would be so much easier.
Thanks for listening.
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I’m 62. I started smoking pot around 1976. I haven’t smoked any since 2001. Was never an everyday user but the only negative impact I ever personally saw were the tough Marijuana laws here in Texas. Other than that. I know of no one who destroyed their life smoking weed. Maybe I’m wrong, I’ve just never seen it myself.
Been a Nurse for 27 years. Never once admitted a patient to Hospital for marijuana. Fact.