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Study: Number of Americans toking doubles in 10 years


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By Don Melvin, CNN

A heck of a lot more Americans were toking up in 2012-13 than 10 years before — and not for medical reasons, either — according to a new study.

The percentage of American adults who had used marijuana within the last year was 9.5 percent, the study found. That compared to 4.1 percent in 2001-02.

The study — published this week in Jama Psychiatry, a monthly journal published by the American Medical Association — was sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. It was based on in-person interviews with more than 36,000 Americans over the age of 18.

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  1. snoplease says - Posted: October 23, 2015

    Can we at least take it off of the Schedule 1 narcotics list?? I mean…come on already.

  2. Justice says - Posted: October 24, 2015

    This is why the clueless dumbed down in the state are growing, working people are disappearing and the stoned ones vote for complete idiots like Scary Barry, Senile Jerry, and the lawless Clin-Tons.

  3. rock4tahoe says - Posted: October 24, 2015

    Justn@ss, we get your clueless Reich Wing paranoia, ok. Quick, your autographed GW crank pipe is calling.

  4. Justice says - Posted: October 24, 2015

    Keep proving the point, Rocks-4-Brains! I am sure you don’t care about laws and you will vote Hill-the-Beast faster than she can sign up illegals by the millions.

  5. Robin Smith says - Posted: October 25, 2015

    The secret number is 80,000,000, baby boomers they’re called:)

    Boomers rule:) aand they’re coming of age:) grandma’s and grandpa’s.

    Good luck! The ‘boomers’ are a wild bunch

  6. rock4tahoe says - Posted: October 26, 2015

    Justn@ss. Thank Ronald Reagan for giving Amnesty to 3 Million Undocumented Workers in 1986 you Reich Wing Moron…

    “I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though sometime back they may have entered illegally.” Reagan