Cannabis policy around the world is currently changing and evolving, often in more liberal directions.
Results of a 2019 US survey indicated that 86% of people have used alcohol at least once in their life, with 70% having used it in the past year.
However, alcohol use comes at a risk to health.
The reason for this may be the result of many different social, economic and geographic issues, a significant difference being that use, possession and the sale of cannabis is illegal in most countries around the world.
The results show that more respondents considered it to be good if the average American adult drank less alcohol and used more cannabis, with 27% in favour and 20% against.
Since the first state, Colorado, legalised the first adult-use cannabis market in 2014, all legal states combined have collected roughly $10 billion in tax revenue, with both Massachusetts and Illinois collecting more tax money from cannabis sales than alcohol sales.