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50% of Americans Have Tried Cannabis, highest in a quarter century (news.gallup.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Insane. The good news is that data you shared was from 2010, and we've been in a steady decline since. Down to 40% in 2018 (Pew). And according to the NCDAS in 2020, "over the last decade, arrests made for the possession of marijuana have dropped by 58%."

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

What happened in 2019 that made the number tank so fast?