Increasing Numbers Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization

A wave of recent polls shows that majorities of voters in five states, and a majority nationwide, support legalizing medical marijuana. Many voters also support legalizing marijuana for recreational use.

Eighty percent of Florida’s registered voters would support a state constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana. While support drops when voters are asked about recreational use, the issue still garners a majority with 56 percent for it and 41 percent against.

Ohio’s House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. Ninety percent of Ohio voters support the measure while full legalization has a narrow majority of support at 52 percent to 45 percent.

Rhode Island is much more open to the idea. Sixty-seven percent of voters there support the state’s current law allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. A majority, 55 percent, support passing a law to legalize...

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