Younger adults are nearly three times more likely to use marijuana than alcohol on a daily or near-daily basis, according to a new government-backed study.
The new paper draws data from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) Panel Study, an annual nationwide survey of about 20,000 people across three distinct age groups: ages 19 to 30, 35 to 50 and 55 to 65.
The analysis shows that among the youngest age group, frequent cannabis consumption was three times as common as alcohol use. On the opposite end of the age spectrum, frequent alcohol consumption was more than twice as prevalent as cannabis use among people 55 to 65 years of age.
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