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10-13-2016, 11:24 PM
Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise
BY ABIGAIL GEIGER
OCTOBER 12, 2016
The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase. Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal. A decade ago, opinion on legalizing marijuana was nearly the reverse – just 32% favored legalization, while 60% were opposed.
The shift in public opinion on the legalization of marijuana has occurred during a time when many U.S. states are relaxing their restrictions on the drug or legalizing it altogether. In June, Ohio became the 25th state (plus Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico) to legalize marijuana in some form after Gov. John Kasich signed a medical marijuana program into law. This November, Americans in nine states will vote on measures to establish or expand legal marijuana use.
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read more:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/12/support-for-marijuana-legalization-continues-to-rise/
http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/FT_16.10.11_marijuanaLegal_trend.png
support was at 53% in 2015, so up 4% in the past year
http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/FT_16.10.12_Marijuana_topline.pdf
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BY ABIGAIL GEIGER
OCTOBER 12, 2016
The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase. Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal. A decade ago, opinion on legalizing marijuana was nearly the reverse – just 32% favored legalization, while 60% were opposed.
The shift in public opinion on the legalization of marijuana has occurred during a time when many U.S. states are relaxing their restrictions on the drug or legalizing it altogether. In June, Ohio became the 25th state (plus Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico) to legalize marijuana in some form after Gov. John Kasich signed a medical marijuana program into law. This November, Americans in nine states will vote on measures to establish or expand legal marijuana use.
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read more:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/12/support-for-marijuana-legalization-continues-to-rise/
http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/FT_16.10.11_marijuanaLegal_trend.png
support was at 53% in 2015, so up 4% in the past year
http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/FT_16.10.12_Marijuana_topline.pdf
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