Asbury Park, NJ: Nearly two-thirds of US adults, including 54 percent of Republicans, support “the national legalization of marijuana,” according to polling data compiled and released this week by Rasmussen Reports.
Overall, 62 percent of respondents expressed support for legalization – a percentage that is consistent with prior national polls. Only 23 percent of respondents voiced opposition to legalizing cannabis. Last week, national polling data provided by Gallup reported that 68 percent of Americans endorse making the use of marijuana legal.
Similar to previous surveys, Rasmussen reported that 50 percent of US adults acknowledged having personally tried cannabis.
Commenting on the latest polling data, NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: “Voters’ support legalizing marijuana regardless of political party affiliation. At a time when politics remain acutely polarized, elected officials ought to come together in a bipartisan manner to repeal the failed policy of cannabis prohibition. It is one of the few policy reforms that voters on the right and on the left can all agree upon.”
Additional polling information is available from NORML.
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