Miami Dislikes Marijuana More Than Any Other City in America, Study Says

Pot is everywhere in Miami. Its scent wafts from bus stops, floats through open windows, and cascades out from under lifeguard stands on the beach at night. Spend more than a week here and you will, at least once, wonder if the server delivering you overpriced cocktails is stoned out of his mind. 

Which is why it's so surprising that, according to one of the most respected marijuana-usage surveys in America, roughly half the residents in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties think smoking weed once a month is "harmful" and should be avoided. That's the highest rate in the nation.

As new datasets become available every few years, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) periodically releases studies based on the government's National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Last week, SAMHSA released a report on marijuana use and the drug's "perceived risk of harm" in every municipality...

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