1y ago

Fully Half of Americans Have Tried Marijuana

news.gallup.com Fully Half of Americans Have Tried Marijuana

Half of Americans (50%) say they have tried marijuana at some time, a new high point for this behavior that has been inching up over the past quarter century.

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50% of U.S. adults say they have experimented with marijuana
About one in six Americans (17%) are current users
Three in four Americans are concerned about effects on young/teen users

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Yeah and another 25% just lie about it lol
- Other 25%: uhh, no… shifts uncomfortably in their seat and coughs

And the other half should. Maybe they’d chill out a little bit.
- I'm not much for forcing things on others, but what if just this once, we hotbox the entire country for one day?
- I wish but I shouldn't with my psychosis
- Fuck you.

50% of Americans admit they've tried Marijuana

In what sense is half "fully"?
- I read "fully half" as actually >50%, not rounding up
- You know, a whole half.
- As opposed to "almost half".
- Actually inhaled. None of this Clinton BS

That number seems crazy low.
- Especially considering about half of the states have legal weed, and non legal states are surrounded by legal states.

In the 90’s, I made a bet that we’d get universal healthcare before marijuana legalization. I lost.
- If you're in the US you haven't lost yet. Still federally illegal, so you're still breaking federal law in legal States.
  
  It being federally illegal doesn’t really mean much. No one is going to arrest you for it. If it’s legal in your state no one is coming for you.
- Least you can smoke about your mistakes.

And we love it
- Eh, I tend to not like it anymore, I say as if I didn't have some within arm's reach. I've not actually smoked any in about three months.
  
  My smoking habits have changed a lot as I get older. When I was in college, sure smoke all day. These days maybe before bed or once im done with all my shit for the day. Otherwise it makes me unable to do anything productive.
- Party down!
  
  Are we having fun yet?

I used to smoke weed. I still do, but I used to, too.

Half of all Americans admit to it, there have to be some people who lied about it.
- I bet more folks lied before though.

Over the years, I have done my part to introduce people to THC. First in high school, then a long break. This year, I bought some gummies for the hell of it when I noticed we were walking past a weed shop. My partner tried it for the first time and loved it.
50% seems low to me, but I guess we have a huge elderly population. To my surprise, my father told me that he tried it when his wife's brother offered it. He said he didn't get high. I think he wasn't taught how to properly inhale. But it goes a long way to showing the growing acceptance. He was very anti-drugs when I was growing up.
TLDR: I'm doing my part.

Just my upper half. My lower half is a bit too shy to try it.
- All the cool kids are boofing weed.
  Don't be a square, put this edible in your butthole.

Fully half eh?

That feels low

I've not, but I'm considering it for pain issues
- If you're not in a legal state, look into delta-8 products. They're derived from hemp instead of cannabis, so they're legal in most places (in the US, at least), and they contain THC delta-8, which is a very slightly different molecule from the THC found in cannabis. Different enough that it's legal enough to be sold in gas stations and smoke shops.
  I find that they tend to have a lot of the pain relief and relaxation effects of normal cannabis, but without nearly as much of the psychoactive components. You can still get high on delta-8 products if you really want to, but it requires a lot more product than regular cannabis to get to that point, so it's not a financially sound way to get high.
  You can get delta-8 in a lot of different types of products, from edibles to vape liquids to hemp flower that you basically smoke like regular weed. Personally, I'd recommend the vape products, as they tend to go into effect quickly and it's pretty easy to control your dosage with them.
- In my experience it doesn't help with pain nearly as much as people act like it does. But it helps with relaxation and mood. Still better than not having it.
  
  That's fair. Everyone has their own experience. Personally for me if I'm in pain and take some edibles, I am aware there is pain, but my brain doesn't care about it. Certainly an interesting experience IMO
  
  Marijuana doesn't help with pain specifically, but some of its other elements like CBD can reduce inflammation by allowing more bloodflow since it relaxes your veins through dilation.

That is actually less than I expected.
- I haven't tried marijuana, because my lungs are precious temples only to be destroyed by industrial pollution tyvm, but I've tried THC.
- A lot of people lie about these questions. More are willing to admit it now but it's still lower than I 'd expect.

And ima try it again and again and again...

How many tried it but didn't inhale?

The rest are missing out.

I tried it once, but I felt nothing. I was already a little drunk, so maybe that was a factor?
- I was sober, and I felt nothing my first time, either.
  You didn't inhale properly; nobody does their first time. Cause otherwise you would have definitely felt it since alcohol intensifies the high.
  Try again. It can take 2-4 attempts before you get the technique down and are able to actually feel something.
  
  I inhaled like I would with an inhaler, and those always worked right (back when I needed them). Regardless, it's been 19 years since I tried it, and I don't see any reason to start something else that's not great for my health.
- Smoking MJ drunk gave me the worst hangovers and no additional high. Can't recommend.

50% is too low
- Half of survey respondents admitted to peeing in the shower, the other half are dirty liars.

I'm part of the 50%

I’ve never tried it, but honestly that’s just because I haven’t got a clue where to look, lol.

Hell, I can't even have marijuana products for medical reasons and even I have (accidentally) tried an edible.
I don't know much about weed and stuff, but I hated that particular edible since it made me sleep the rest of the day away.

I'm currently in an area of Washington where there's a McDonald's in a cannabis shop.
It's in-your-face legal here
Though I'm about to start my own homestead someplace, so your advice is SUPER useful. Thank you for taking the time to write that out.

1 in 6 is a little shocking.
- I know a lot of people who would use it if their jobs didn't test. Would be considerably higher if not for workplace drug testing.
  
  I can believe this. I see jobs for like $12 an hr that requires a drug test and a background check. Definitely been lucky enough to not have to go through it, or have anyone care if I did.

America, land of degenerates
- Hey, just because they haven't tried it doesn't make them degenerates.
  
  If religion is the opium of the masses, i wonder what actual drugs are...
- I know. So many Trump voters...
  
  Yes i agree
- I'm sure this user isn't a nazi or anything with that username.......
  nope, can't be 😂

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