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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 More Americans Than Ever Say They've Tried Marijuana, Gallup Poll Finds 🌿More Americans Than Ever Say They've Tried Marijuana, Gallup Poll Finds
More than 40 percent of Americans admit trying marijuana, the largest percentage in more than four decades of polling, a Gallup survey found Wednesday.
The 44 percent of people who say they tried marijuana is a significant jump from 1969, when Gallup first began asking the question. Back then, only 4 percent admitted trying the drug. By 1985, that figure had increased to 33 percent.
"The changes over time may reflect either an increase in the percentage who have tried the drug, or an increased willingness to admit to having done so in the past," Gallup explained.
A rising willingness to acknowledge marijuana use would line up with the dramatic shift of public opinion on marijuana over the decades, reflected in other polls showing record high percentages of Americans supporting legalization.
In April, CBS News found 53 percent in support of legalization, the most since CBS began asking the question in...
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