Half of Americans in a new Gallup survey said that they have tried marijuana recreationally, though far fewer use the drug regularly.
The new poll, published Thursday, found that 50 percent of respondents said that they have tried marijuana, while 17 percent of those surveyed said they smoke it on a regular basis.
This is a two-point increase from a similar poll published in January 2022, in which 48 percent of respondents said they have tried the drug.
Democratic men were the most likely subset to smoke marijuana.
Along political party lines, 57 percent of Democratic respondents said they have tried marijuana, compared to 52 percent of independents and 39 percent of Republicans. Fifty-three percent of male respondents and 44 percent of female respondents said they have tried marijuana.
There was limited variation by age group. Fifty-one percent of respondents who are between the ages of 35 and 54 years said they have tried marijuana, compared to 49 percent between the ages of 18 and 34 and 47 percent 55 years or older.
The poll comes as 23 states, alongside Washington, D.C., have now legalized the recreational use of marijuana.
Minnesota was the most recent state to legalize recreational marijuana use, as state Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation in May that allows adults over 21 to carry up to 2 ounces of marijuana in public and possess up to 2 pounds. The legislation went into effect last week.
The Gallup poll was conducted from July 3 to July 27 with a total of 1,105 respondents participating in the survey. The poll’s margin of error was four percentage points.
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