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How the Demand For Marijuana Legalization is Growing
Mike Barrett | Natural Society
It is an undisputed fact that marijuana prohibition is losing traction at record speeds. If the influx of decriminalization, medical legalization, and recreational legalization bills tells us anything, it’s that the population is beginning to truly accept and even desire marijuana legalization. Now, a new ‘gold standard’ survey tells us that this notion is in fact true – finding that a majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana for the first time in recent history.
For the poll, conducted by the General Social Survey – a national, ‘reliable’ survey conducted every two years and widely considered to represent the gold standard for public opinion – researchers asked 1,680 people whether they thought marijuana should be made legal.
The survey found that:
51.7% of respondents support the legalization of marijuana
41.7% said they opposed it
6.6% were undecided
“We’ve been measuring public attitudes toward legalization of marijuana since the ’70s,” Tom W. Smith, director of the GSS, said in an interview with Yahoo News. “In 2012, you had a plurality of Americans against legalization. Now, in 2014, you have a majority in favor of legalization.”
The Washington Post points out that while supportive votes have increased, the percentage of undecided respondents on the question of marijuana has been relatively high over the past decade.
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Source: http://truthisscary.com/2015/03/how-the-demand-for-marijuana-legalization-is-growing/
