{"id":2005162,"date":"2023-08-18T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marijuana-hallucinogens-binge-drinking-hit-record-highs-among-middle-aged-adults-survey\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:50:35","slug":"marijuana-hallucinogens-binge-drinking-hit-record-highs-among-middle-aged-adults-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marijuana-hallucinogens-binge-drinking-hit-record-highs-among-middle-aged-adults-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-aged adults report record highs in marijuana, hallucinogen, and binge drinking use: survey."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarijuana-hallucinogens-binge-drinking-hit-record-highs-among-middle-aged-adults-survey%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Record Highs: Marijuana, Hallucinogen Use, and\u200c Binge Drinking Soar Among Middle-Aged Adults<\/h2>\n<p>A new \u200csurvey reveals that the use of \u2063marijuana, hallucinogens, and \u200dbinge \u2062drinking has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-budget-deficit-tops-1-6-trillion-amid-lower-tax-revenue-higher-spending\/\" title=\"US budget deficit exceeds .6 trillion due to reduced taxes and increased spending.\">reached unprecedented \u200clevels<\/a> among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/center-for-vaccine-developments-hotez-sens-paul-johnson-are-killers-spreading-covid-disinformation\/\" title=\"Center for Vaccine Development's Hotez: Sens. Paul, Johnson 'Are Killers,' Spreading COVID 'Disinformation'\">middle-aged adults<\/a>. According to the\u200b University of Michigan&#8217;s Monitoring the Future panel study, a record 28% of\u2062 adults aged 35 \u200bto 50\u2063 reported using \u200cmarijuana last \u2063year, more than double the percentage from a decade\u200d ago. This \u2063surge in marijuana use is the highest since data was first collected in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, nearly 7% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marijuana-hallucinogens-binge-drinking-hit-record-highs-among-middle-aged-adults-survey\/\" title=\"Middle-aged adults report record highs in marijuana, hallucinogen, and binge drinking use: survey.\">mid-life adults reported daily marijuana<\/a> \u200buse, defined \u2064as using the\u200d drug\u2063 20 or more times in \u2063the past 30 days.<\/p>\n<h3>Hallucinogens on the Rise<\/h3>\n<p>Hallucinogenic drug use also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-economy-inflation-hits-highest-levels-since-great-recession-soars-past-economists-expectations\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Under Biden Inflation Has Hit Record Levels Since Great Recession\">hit record levels<\/a> among middle-aged adults. Over 4% of \u2064mid-life adults \u2062admitted to \u200dusing \u200challucinogens last year, the highest level since 2008. Additionally, about\u200c 12% of middle-aged adults reported using drugs other than \u2062marijuana, including hallucinogens\u200d like LSD, \u2064cocaine, amphetamines,\u2063 sedatives, and heroin.<\/p>\n<h3>Binge \u200dDrinking Reaches New Heights<\/h3>\n<p>Binge drinking has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-congress-to-pass-spending-plans-after-manchin-opposes-democrats-massive-3-5t-bill\/\" title=\"Biden Pushes Congress To Pass Spending Plans After Manchin Opposes Democrats\u2019 Massive .5T Bill\">reached record levels<\/a> among middle-aged adults.\u200c Approximately 29% of mid-life \u200cadults \u2062confessed to consuming five or more\u2063 drinks in\u2064 a \u200crow within \u2064the past two weeks, the highest since it was first measured\u2062 in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Amphetamine use has seen \u200da significant \u2063increase over the last decade as\u2063 well. \u2062Just\u2064 over 3% of mid-life adults reported \u200busing \u2064amphetamines in the past year, compared \u2063to just over\u200b 1% in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1692367770357000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0PjvCHmf-6JEmNrv3nGxwO\">CLICK HERE TO GET\u2064 THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Young Adults Also Experience Record Highs<\/h2>\n<p>Marijuana use has surged to a\u200b record\u2063 level among young adults under 30.\u200b Nearly \u200c44% of adults\u2064 aged 19 to 30 used marijuana\u2064 last year, with over 11% reporting \u2062daily marijuana use.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, hallucinogen use other than LSD rose \u2062to\u2064 a record 7% among young adults, although\u2063 LSD use \u200cdeclined.<\/p>\n<h2>Survey\u2062 Details<\/h2>\n<p>The annual \u2062University of Michigan survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the\u2062 National\u2064 Institutes\u200c of \u2062Health (NIH),\u2062 collects data from \u2064approximately 28,500 people\u200d across\u2062 the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Substance use is not limited to teens and young adults, and these data help us understand how people use drugs across the\u200d lifespan,&#8221; said NIDA Director Dr. Nora \u2064Volkow \u200cin a press release on the survey. &#8220;Understanding\u200b these trends \u2064is a first step, and it is crucial that\u200d research continues to illuminate how substance use \u2064and related\u200c health impacts may change over time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Loneliness Epidemic\u200c and Legalization Impact<\/h2>\n<p>The increase in drug use \u200dand binge drinking coincides with growing concerns about a loneliness &#8220;epidemic.&#8221; Surgeon\u2063 General \u2062Dr. Vivek Murthy emphasized the impact of rapid societal changes on loneliness, stating that even with many people around, one can \u2063still feel lonely due to the \u2063quality of \u2063connections.<\/p>\n<p>The rise \u200din marijuana use aligns with the decriminalization and legalization of the drug in various states. Recreational\u2064 marijuana \u200cuse is now legal in the District of Columbia and 23 states, including\u2063 New York, Illinois, Washington,\u200c Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Montana.<\/p>\n<p>However, illegal markets continue to thrive even in states where \u200dmarijuana is legal. For \u2063instance, New\u2064 York City\u200b has experienced disappointing tax revenue from legal\u200b marijuana sales while the illegal \u200dmarket flourishes.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about marijuana smoking becoming a nuisance have also emerged. \u2063Several Minnesota\u2064 cities have considered banning smoking marijuana in public areas, \u200cand some have\u2064 already implemented\u200c such bans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey by the University of Michigan reveals that middle-aged adults are increasingly using marijuana, hallucinogens, and binge drinking. The study found that 28% of adults aged 35 to 50 reported using marijuana, a significant increase from 13% a decade ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2005163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}