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39% of young adults in Ontario would smoke pot if feds legalized drug: Poll

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 08:18

More young adults in Ontario say they would smoke marijuana if the federal government legalizes the drug, according to a new public opinion poll.

The provincewide survey, released exclusively to the Star by Forum Research, found that 29 per cent of respondents aged 18 to 34 reported using weed in the past year. But 39 per cent of people in the same demographic said they would likely take the drug if it were legal.

Forum president Lorne Bozinoff said the increase was not unexpected, given that young people generally have a more permissive attitude toward pot.

He noted that overall, it doesn’t appear that legalization would prompt a sharp uptake in marijuana use. Only 22 per cent of respondents of all ages said they would use pot

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