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Support For Marijuana Legalization Reaches Record High Of 70 Percent, Including Strong Majority Of Republicans

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/support-for-marijuana-legalization-reaches-record-high-of-70-percent-including-strong-majority-of-republicans-gallup-poll-shows/

Support for marijuana legalization has reached a new record high nationally, with seven in 10 Americans—including a sizable majority of Republicans, Democrats and independents—now backing an end to prohibition, according to a Gallup poll.

The survey, released on Wednesday, shows that support for legalization is at its highest level since the firm started tracking public opinion on the issue in 1969, with majorities of every demographic polled in favor of the reform. Overall, seventy percent of respondents say they back legalization, which is a two percentage point increase from last year. Just 29 percent of Americans think cannabis should remain illegal.
Notably, Gallup found “no difference in support for legalization” between people living states that have already enacted the reform and those living in states where cannabis is only medically legal or altogether criminalized. “Seventy percent of adults in both groups are in favor,” the firm said.
There’s majority support for legalization across all genders, age categories, races, education levels, region, party affiliation and ideology.
“The nation has reached a broad consensus on legalizing marijuana, with a full seven in 10 now supportive,” Gallup said. “Not only do most U.S. adults favor it, but so do majorities of all major political and ideological subgroups.”

“Although some health organizations and political commentators have raised concerns about the medical risks of marijuana, this hasn’t blunted the public’s desire for legalization thus far,” the analysis says. “For now, the high level of support among younger adults suggests national backing will only expand in the years ahead, likely resulting in more states, and perhaps the federal government, moving to legalize it.”