Marijuana fee finds utilization excessive — Science News, January 29, 1972
Approximately 24 million Americans have used marijuana a minimum of one time. A nationwide survey studies that greater than 8 million are nonetheless utilizing the drug.… Usage figures are 33 p.c increased than the [National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse] had anticipated, however … after age 25 pot smoking falls off quickly.
Update
Americans’ curiosity in marijuana has grown over the past 50 years. Since 1972, the variety of folks age 12 and older within the United States who, of their lifetimes, have inhaled or ingested the drug has elevated greater than fivefold, to 126.5 million as of 2020, in keeping with the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The achieve in customers occurred because the perceived hazard of marijuana dropped over time (SN: 6/14/14, p. 16). And not like within the Nineteen Seventies, older adults are getting in on the motion, although prevalence has risen amongst adults of all ages. Of the 49.6 million individuals who reported utilizing pot in 2020, about 47 p.c have been ages 26 to 49, and about 24 p.c have been 50 or older.