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Support for marijuana legalization hits new heights ahead of November election

By Christopher Ingraham October 12 at 2:05 PM


National support for marijuana legalization continues to rise, according to survey data released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.

A Pew poll conducted at the end of August found that 57 percent of American adults now say marijuana should be legal.

That's the highest support the Pew poll has ever shown on the question, in line with other polling from Gallup and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Perhaps more significantly, the Pew study found that opposition to legalization has dropped precipitously. In March 2015, 44 percent of Americans said they opposed marijuana legalization.

That figure has fallen to 37 percent in the latest poll, meaning that legalization supporters have a 20-percentage-point lead over opponents. (cont'd)


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/12/support-for-marijuana-legalization-hits-new-heights-ahead-of-november-election/