Californians' Support For Adult-Use Pot Reaches Record High

Support for the legalization of recreational marijuana use by adults has reached an all-time high in California, a state whose pot-friendly reputation precedes it but that has failed to get residents to approve full legalization in the past. A record 54 percent of potential California voters said they favored legalizing weed this year, a 3 percent increase in support from 2014, according to a June poll from the Public Policy Institute of California.

While the poll wasn’t the first to show that a majority of Californians favor legalizing recreational marijuana, it was a record high and comes at a time when legalization advocates are gearing up for the 2016 elections. Overall, support for legalization has increased among likely California voters by 6 percent since 2010, the policy group found. Researchers noted that for the first time, a majority (52 percent) of Californians ages 55 and older said...

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