Posted on 11/14/2019 12:17:51 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Two-thirds of Americans say the use of marijuana should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The share of U.S. adults who oppose legalization has fallen from 52% in 2010 to 32% today.
Meanwhile, an overwhelming majority of U.S. adults (91%) say marijuana should be legal either for medical and recreational use (59%) or that it should be legal just for medical use (32%). Fewer than one-in-ten (8%) prefer to keep marijuana illegal in all circumstances, according to the survey, conducted Sept. 3 to 15 on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel.
As in the past, there are wide partisan and generational differences in views of marijuana legalization. Nearly eight-in-ten Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (78%) say marijuana use should be legal. Republicans and Republican leaners are less supportive, with 55% in favor of legalization and 44% opposed.
Majorities of Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1997), Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980) and Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) say the use of marijuana should be legal. Members of the Silent Generation (born between 1928 and 1945) continue to be the least supportive of legalization: Only 35% favor legalizing marijuana, while 64% are opposed.
The generational divide in views of marijuana legalization exists within both party coalitions. Large majorities of Boomer (81%), Gen X (76%) and Millennial Democrats (78%) say the use of marijuana should be made legal, compared with 53% of Silent Generation Democrats who say this.
Millennial Republicans also broadly favor legalizing marijuana use; in fact, Republicans in this generation are almost as supportive of legalization as Millennial Democrats (71% vs. 78%). Gen X and Boomer Republicans are more closely divided, with 55% of Gen X Republicans and 49% of Boomer Republicans favoring legalization. GOP members of the Silent Generation are the least likely to favor marijuana legalization: Just 21% say marijuana use should be legal, while three-quarters (76%) say it should not. Around nine-in-ten Americans favor legalization for recreational or medical purposes
In addition to asking respondents about whether marijuana use should be legal in general, the Center asked a separate group of respondents about legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use. Nearly six-in-ten Americans (59%) favor legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use, while another 32% say it should be legal for medical use only. Only 8% say it should not be legal.
About two-thirds of Democrats (68%) say marijuana should be legal for both medical and recreational use, compared with 49% of Republicans. Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say it should be legal just for medical purposes (38% vs. 28%) or that it should not be legal at all (12% vs. 4%).Republicans in Silent Generation least likely to favor legalizing marijuana use
Younger adults are somewhat more likely than older adults to say that marijuana use should be legal for both medical and recreational use. About two-thirds (69%) of those ages 18 to 29 say it should be legal for both types of use, compared with 48% of those ages 65 and older. Most adults 65 and over nonetheless favor legalization in some form.
The growth in public support for legal marijuana has come as a growing number of jurisdictions have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational purposes.
Eleven states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational purposes.
Meanwhile, 33 states – plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands – have legalized the drug for medical purposes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Marijuana remains illegal under U.S. federal law. However, several Democratic candidates for president have proposals to legalize or decriminalize marijuana use.
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Wrong yourself. There were no laws governing drugs at that time. You could give your child cocaine and it was OK. Legalization represents a reversal of a previous law, which did not exist then.
I don’t think it should be crime worse than a speeding ticket. Decriminalize it and treat it like alcohol so if someone is caught driving under the influence then it becomes a crime.
People are gonna smoke it and drink alcohol if that’s what they want to do. Throwing them in jail just creates a burden on the system.
I never like the stuff personally and I don’t drink (for years now).
The refer and the food threads are the worst - they lower the collective IQ of this place tremendously.
There's people here (some of the same dopes) that think there's no such thing as gluten intolerance. Not kidding. That wasn't around in the 50s either.
Long overdue. Regulate and tax as the feds do with alcohol which is the REAL devil.
I have a question about the states where it is legal now.
Do employers still drug test before they hire somebody?
And do they test for mary jane?
It seems obvious that the barn door is open and half the horses are gone...Feds are working on fixing the banking issues. States with Legal weed have border states that buyers simply cross over to purchase. Massachusetts is making a fortune with 20% in combined tax on cannabis.. Their Best customers come from NY where it’s decriminalized but not legal yet. Feds should at least decriminalize, then let states legalize. Regulate cannabis just like alcohol with same penalties...Is it really that complicated?
I would think so. It’s an insurance requirement.
Yours is the dumbest post I have ever seen in my entire life.
EVER!
Pot is not harmless.
So often the American people are so “sincerely” wrong.
I see it being legal, and I see a day when about 30% of Americans live in walled off inner cities, surviving on universal basic income, free mobile phones, video games and streaming entertainment. They will be engrossed in the latest progressive debates of the day, fighting for social justice and the latest environmental cause, which beyond the hedonism will give their lives the only purpose they will ever know.
Few know it, and I know more than anyone.
There is 2500-year-old evidence of human marijuana use. It has only been illegal in most areas of the western world for several decades.
A more useful polling question might be “is marijuana use a dangerous practice?
Ditto for Oregon. Plus marijuana related traffic deaths are up in all states that have legalized it.
The “war on weed” has been LOST! Time to surrender.
Marijuana related traffic deaths are up in all states that legalized it.
Booze is the most abused substance and kills. It damn near killed me. No one ever over dosed o marijuana.
President Hillary agrees with the polls.
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