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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
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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
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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.
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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%,…
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%,…Open
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.
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In 2025, Americans spent $166 billion betting on sports; and 21.4 million people used marijuana on a near-daily basis.
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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