Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
Wow. These numbers are really surprising, at least to me.
From the Pew Research Center, drawing on a poll released last week:
“With a growing number of states moving to legalize medical marijuana, nearly three quarters of Americans (73%) say they favor their state allowing the sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes if it is prescribed by a doctor, while 23% are opposed. Support for legalizing medical marijuana spans all major political and demographic groups, and is equally high in states that have and have not already passed laws on this issue….
About six-in-ten (61%) Republicans favor permitting medical marijuana in their state compared with 76% of independents
and 80% of Democrats. Conservative Republicans are the least likely to support legalization of medical marijuana; still, 54%
favor this while 44% are opposed. At least three-fourths in all other partisan and ideological groups favor this.”
In practical terms, the drive to legalize “medical marijuana” is pretty clearly just a half-step toward legalizing the drug itself; it’s a “gateway” to legalization, so to speak. But according to Pew, only 26 percent of Americans say they are concerned about that possibility. In fact, the numbers in favor of outright legalization are growing relatively quickly as well.
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: blogs.ajc.com
Author: Jay Bookman
Copyright: 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Contact: Three-fourths of Americans would legalize ‘medicinal marijuana,’ Pew reports | Jay Bookman
Website: Three-fourths of Americans would legalize ‘medicinal marijuana,’ Pew reports | Jay Bookman
• Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
From the Pew Research Center, drawing on a poll released last week:
“With a growing number of states moving to legalize medical marijuana, nearly three quarters of Americans (73%) say they favor their state allowing the sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes if it is prescribed by a doctor, while 23% are opposed. Support for legalizing medical marijuana spans all major political and demographic groups, and is equally high in states that have and have not already passed laws on this issue….
About six-in-ten (61%) Republicans favor permitting medical marijuana in their state compared with 76% of independents
and 80% of Democrats. Conservative Republicans are the least likely to support legalization of medical marijuana; still, 54%
favor this while 44% are opposed. At least three-fourths in all other partisan and ideological groups favor this.”
In practical terms, the drive to legalize “medical marijuana” is pretty clearly just a half-step toward legalizing the drug itself; it’s a “gateway” to legalization, so to speak. But according to Pew, only 26 percent of Americans say they are concerned about that possibility. In fact, the numbers in favor of outright legalization are growing relatively quickly as well.
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: blogs.ajc.com
Author: Jay Bookman
Copyright: 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Contact: Three-fourths of Americans would legalize ‘medicinal marijuana,’ Pew reports | Jay Bookman
Website: Three-fourths of Americans would legalize ‘medicinal marijuana,’ Pew reports | Jay Bookman
• Thanks to MedicalNeed for submitting this article
