Marijuana smoking among Americans has reached a record high while cigarette use remains at a historic low, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Seventeen […] Source
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The number of people who reported carrying a concealed firearm went up
The Federal Bureau of Investigation reports that violent crime in the U.S. dropped 9.3 percent in 2025 from 2024, representing the largest drop since FBI […] Source
The murder rate in 2025 was 4.1 per 100,000 people, which is tied with 19955 and 1956 for the lowest all-time murder rate in U.S. history.
Data: FBI ; Note: 2021 data was estimated due to a low number of agencies reporting; Chart: Noah Bressner/Axios The U.S. violent crime rate plunged 9.7% last year — the largest annual drop since the FBI's national estimates began in 1936 — according to the bureau's data released Friday and reviewed by Axios. Why it matters: The FBI's 2025 report indicated that the post-pandemic declines in violent crime accelerated sharply last year in communities of all sizes across the U.S. (That drop appeared to continue during the first half of this year, a separate Axios analysis of big cities' violent crime data found last week.) Among the declines cited by the FBI: - Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter dropped 18.1%. - Robbery fell 18.5%,…
By Silvio Canto, Jr. Polling was never an exact science, but the exploding number of polls and pollsters may explain why it’s having more problems than usual now.
In 2025, Americans spent $166 billion betting on sports; and 21.4 million people used marijuana on a near-daily basis.
Daily or near-daily marijuana use has surpassed daily alcohol consumption in the United States, reaching 20.9 million to 21.4 million daily users compared to roughly […] Source