Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, self-reported alcohol and cannabis use, and state-level covariates among states that differ by cannabis law status. National Survey on Drug use and Health (NSDUH), 2008–2019.

	No MCL nor RCL		MCL only		MCL and RCL
	weighted n’s	% Weighted	weighted n’s	% Weighted	weighted n’s	% Weighted
Characteristics
Gender
Male	42154400	48.40	54353500	48.29	31136700	48.98
Female	44947500	51.60	58197600	51.71	32428800	51.02
Age
12–20	13075500	15.01	15694800	13.95	9265600	14.58
21–30	14284500	16.40	17594900	15.63	10594200	16.67
31–40	13666400	15.69	16753300	14.89	10167700	15.99
41–50	13782100	15.82	17618400	15.65	10124000	15.93
51+	32293500	37.08	44889800	39.88	23414100	36.83
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	58044500	66.64	75550200	67.12	36538800	57.48
Non-Hispanic Black	13098600	15.04	14119800	12.55	4207800	6.62
Hispanic	11806700	13.55	14989900	13.32	14781500	23.25
Non-Hispanic Other	4152100	4.77	7891200	7.01	8037400	12.64
Education
Less than HS	12100900	15.42	13077200	12.78	7750200	13.45
HS graduate	22654300	28.87	29339200	28.68	14002200	24.31
Some college	22405200	28.56	28288500	27.65	16673400	28.94
College graduate	21298000	27.15	31609400	30.89	19182000	33.30
Family Income
<$20,000	16244500	18.65	19159700	17.02	10233900	16.10
$20,000-$49,999	28511900	32.73	34186800	30.37	18745100	29.49
$50,000-$74,999	14935800	17.15	18576000	16.51	10114100	15.91
$75,000+	27409700	31.47	40628600	36.10	24472400	38.50
Urbanicity
Large Metro	36841000	42.30	67020800	59.55	41904300	65.92
Small Metro	31497100	36.16	31250300	27.76	16836400	26.49
Nonmetro	18763900	21.54	14279900	12.69	4824800	7.59
Binge drinking, past month	19695200	22.61	27398800	24.34	15171000	23.87

Note: State-level cannabis laws were categorized as a time-invariant three-level variable (No MCL nor RCL, MCL only, MCL and RCL) in 2019.

All these results are weighted and rounded conforming to SAMSHA disclosure requirements to ensure confidentiality.