“The number of New Yorkers who consume cannabis daily or near daily is the same as the number of New Yorkers who buy coffee from a coffee shop daily or near daily — 1.2-plus million people.”
What PolitiFact found
A 2024 survey showed that about 1.2 million New Yorkers age 21 and older consume cannabis daily or near daily. One study showed daily coffee purchases roughly similar to the rate of daily or near-daily cannabis use. But that study focused on all Americans, not just New Yorkers. Other research indicates that coffee purchases are two to three times more frequent than for cannabis use.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
John Kagia (NY state cannabis official) made this claim around 2 April 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 June 2026, 64 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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