
For the first time on record, more Americans use marijuana daily or almost daily (21.4 million) than smoke cigarettes daily (19.9 million) or drink alcohol daily or almost daily (17.2 million), according to the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released this week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The survey also shows that daily and near-daily marijuana use has climbed steadily for two decades, from roughly 5 million users in the early 2000s, while daily cigarette use has fallen sharply over the same period. As a result, 2025 is the first year marijuana has ranked as the most-used daily addictive product in the country. This milestone illustrates how the normalization and commercialization of high-potency marijuana have transformed daily substance use in America.