A Record Number of Americans Have Tried Marijuana, New Survey Shows

Marijuana: it was once a taboo topic, but is no longer.

According to a newly released study from national pollster Gallup, more Americans than ever have tried marijuana.

Gallup has been sporadically asking Americans if they had tried cannabis over the past 48 years. Back in 1969, just 4% of respondents claimed to have tried the drug. By 1999, just a few years after California became the first state to legalize medical cannabis for compassionate use, about a third (34%) of respondents had claimed to have tried marijuana before. However, between the mid-1980s and 2010, this figure was essentially static, give or take a few percent. According to Gallup's July 2017 survey, 45% of Americans have now tried marijuana, an all-time high. If Gallup's profile is consistent with that of America, then, utilizing data from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2016, more than 112 million adults have tried marijuana at least once in their lives.

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