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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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[–] 64 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yeah and another 25% just lie about it lol

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  • [–] 47 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    And the other half should. Maybe they’d chill out a little bit.

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    [–] 29 points 3 years ago

    50% of Americans admit they've tried Marijuana

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    In what sense is half "fully"?

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    [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That number seems crazy low.

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    In the 90’s, I made a bet that we’d get universal healthcare before marijuana legalization. I lost.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Half of all Americans admit to it, there have to be some people who lied about it.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

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

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Just my upper half. My lower half is a bit too shy to try it.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    I've not, but I'm considering it for pain issues

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    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.

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    [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    That feels low

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That is actually less than I expected.

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago

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

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    The rest are missing out.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    How many tried it but didn't inhale?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I tried it once, but I felt nothing. I was already a little drunk, so maybe that was a factor?

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    I'm part of the 50%

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    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.

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