Americans are searching for weed more than ever, according to Google
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This is just one more sign of a sea change in popular opinion about weed. Just recently, a Lancet study of US adults from 2002 to 2014 found an increase in usage from 10.4% to 13.3% and an increase in people perceiving no risk in occasionally smoking from 6% to 16%. And of course, legalization is gradually spreading across the country.
The chart below shows searches for the topic of cannabis, which Google gathers using deep learning.
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In case you're wondering, state interest is highest in Colorado:
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Metro interest is highest in Eureka, California:
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