North Carolinians overwhelmingly want to see medical marijuana legalized, according to a new Elon University poll. 

Twenty-nine states have signed off on the medical use of marijuana, and a majority of North Carolina voters polled say they want their state to become the 30th – 80 percent say they approve of legalizing it. Seventeen percent of those polled opposed legalization.

Democrats and independent voters were the most likely to support medical marijuana legalization, with 83 percent approval. Republicans weren’t that far behind, with 73 percent approval.

North Carolinians polled were less likely to support legalizing recreational use of marijuana – 45 percent support it while 51 percent oppose it. 

Support for legalizing recreational use was strongest with millennials, or those born since 1981, with 65 percent of those voters on board. But only 11 percent of the “Silent Generation,” or those born in 1944 or earlier, support legalizing recreational use.

More men than women support legalizing recreational use – 53 percent compared with 38 percent of women. And more Democrats approve of legalizing recreational use than Republicans – 49 percent compared with 33 percent.

Courtesy of Elon University

In the same poll, Elon asked North Carolina voters about: the job Gov. Roy Cooper has done since taking office in January, firearms on private property, the legal smoking age, climate change, House Bill 2 and craft beer distribution.

The academic, nonpartisan poll randomly surveyed 506 registered N.C. voters April 18-21 via phone. The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 4.4 percentage points with a 95 percent confidence level.

To view the entire poll, go to here.