New Gallup Poll Finds 66 Percent of Americans Want Marijuana Legal
Sixty-six percent of US adults believe that the use of marijuana should be made legal, according to national survey data
Support was strongest among Millennials (78 percent), Democrats (75 percent), and Independents (71 percent). Support for legalization was prevalent among the majority of Republicans (53 percent) and those 55 or older (59 percent), groups who have historically opposed reform.
It is time for lawmakers of both parties to en masse acknowledge the data-driven and political realities of legalization, said NORML Political Director Justin Strekal. It is time to stop ceding control of the marijuana market to untaxed criminal enterprises and implement common-sense, evidence-based regulations governing cannabis personal use and licensed production by responsible adults. An outright majority of every demographic, including age, political party, and region of the country support the outright legalization of marijuana.
Our time has come, Strekal added.
The Gallup data is consistent with those of>other national polls
, including those conducted by Pew(62 percent) and Quinnipiac University(63 percent).Thirty-one states, Washington, D.C. and the U.S. territories of Guam and Puerto Rico have enacted
legislation specific to the physician-authorized use of cannabis. Moreover, an estimated 63 million Americans now reside in the nine states where anyone over the age of 21 may possess cannabis legally. An additional 15 states have passed laws specific to the possession of cannabidiol (CBD ... Read More