民调显示，美国的毒品问题呈现加剧趋势。据美国《国会山报》8月28日报道，美国盖洛普咨询公司一项民意调查显示，承认吸食传统毒品大麻的美国人数创下历史新高，首次超过了吸烟人数。16%的受访者承认吸食大麻，而承认吸烟的受访者为11%。近一半受访者承认曾尝试过大麻。
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一项最新民调显示，上周美国吸食大麻的人数创下了历史新高，首次超过了吸烟人数。Marijuana use reached a record high in new polling, as for the first time more Americans said they smoke marijuana than reported smoking cigarettes in the last week.
盖洛普民调显示，16%的受访者承认吸食大麻，高于2021年的12%，比7%的历史低点高出一倍多。Sixteen percent of Americans in a new Gallup poll reported smoking marijuana, up from 12 percent last year and more than double the all-time low of 7 percent.
上周，承认吸烟的受访者为11%，低于2021年的16%，远低于上世纪50年代45%的峰值。Fewer Americans, at 11 percent, reported smoking cigarettes in the past week, down from 16 percent last year and a far fall from a peak at 45 percent in the 1950s.
自盖洛普分别于2013年和1944年开始进行这两项调查以来，上周受访者大麻吸食率是最高的，吸烟率是最低的。It’s the highest percentage of reported marijuana use and the lowest percentage of past-week cigarette use since Gallup started asking those questions in 2013 and 1944, respectively.
如今，近一半美国成年人承认曾尝试过大麻，而盖洛普1969年首次调查大麻使用情况时，这一比例仅为4%。Nearly half of US adults now report having tried marijuana, up from 4 percent when Gallup first surveyed about its use in 1969.
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