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Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

More Americans are now daily weed smokers than daily drinkers. To better understand this public health experiment, we turn to Canada, which has federally legalized marijuana. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members An unlicensed smoke shop selling marijuana in New York City. Photo by Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's a new year. Maybe you're taking a month off from drinking, you know, dry January, and maybe you're replacing it with something else.

0:07.0

Puff, puff, pass.

0:09.0

Some of like one in five people who do dry January say they're smoking weed instead.

0:15.0

And more Americans are now smoking weed daily than drinking daily. Current president is into it.

0:21.6

No one should be in jail merely for using or possessing marijuana, period.

0:25.6

Future president is into it.

0:27.6

I've had friends and I've had others and doctors telling me that it's been absolutely amazing,

0:33.6

the medical marijuana.

0:35.6

Failed president and former prosecutor was down to clown?

0:38.3

People shouldn't have to go to jail for smoking weed.

0:41.3

Even health-conscious brainworm guy likes it.

0:44.3

My position on marijuana is that it should be federally legalized.

0:49.3

Everyone's getting down with pot, but legislatively we're still stuck with a hot mess in the United States.

0:55.5

We're going to see what we can do about that on today Explained.

0:59.6

Amazon One Medical presents painful thoughts.

1:04.5

I could catch anything sitting in this doctor's waiting room.

1:08.1

A kid just wiped his runny nose on my jacket.

1:10.7

And the guy next to me, sitting in a kid just wiped his runny nose on my jacket.

1:13.9

And the guy next to me, sitting in a pool of perspiration,

1:15.9

insists on sharing my armrest.

1:16.9

Oh.

1:21.0

Next time, make an appointment with an Amazon One medical provider.

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