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For the first time in decades, the majority of Americans are supporting the ruling to legalize the sale of marijuana. The majority of the public also believes that cannabis is not physically or mentally harmful, according to a new poll. Whereas a majority still believe that cannabis is physically addictive, the majority also believe that smoking marijuana does not lead to other drug taking.
An overwhelming 55 per cent agreed it should be, while 44 per cent disagreed. When asked: 'For most people, the use of marijuana is physically harmful', 43 per cent agreed, compared to 56 per cent who thought it was not. When it came to the impact on mental health, the majority believe it does not have a negative impact on health. When answering the question: 'For most people, the use of marijuana is psychologically or mentally harmful', 44 per cent agreed it was, in comparison to 54 per cent, who did not think it was harmful. But 50 per cent thought marijuana is physically addictive, compared to 48 per cent who did not believe it.
When asked, whether for most people, the use of marijuana leads to the use of other drugs, 50 per cent disagreed, compared to 47 per cent who agreed that it did lead to other drug uses. And the overwhelming majority no longer classed smoking marijuana as morally wrong, with 64 per cent saying they didn't think there was any ethical problem with smoking cannabis, compared to 35 per cent of those questioned. The shift in attitude is huge compared to the same question posed to the public in 1987, when 70 per cent considered smoking marijuana morally wrong, compared to 25 per cent who saw no problem with it.
The debate about legalising the sale of cannabis comes after Colorado and Washington are the first two states with legalized recreational marijuana, and Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada and Oregon will allow medical cannabis shops to open in 2014. Washington's recreational weed will go on sale later this year. Pot promises to be such big business that advocates are planning voter initiatives for legalizing recreational use in several other states by 2016.
As Colorado comes close to the end of its first week of legally selling recreational marijuana stores under revolutionary new state laws, official sales figures and profit margins have started rolling in. 'Adult use' pot is projected to be a $208 million industry in Colorado this year - on top of the $250 million projected to be spent on medical marijuana, Betty Aldworth, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, told CNN.
One business alone, the Lodo Wellness Center in Denver, which is described as a 'boutique' marijuana store that is cash-only, recorded $10,000 in sales in the first few hours of Wednesday. It is not just Colorado which is enjoying the 'green rush' - Uruguay is too.
Now foreign laboratories want to open research clinics in Uruguay to study the potential uses of medicinal marijuana now that the weed has been legalized in the South American country. Uruguay's Congress recently approved creation of the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana. The government will oversee production, sales and consumption of the drug. Presidential Spokesman Diego Canepa said Monday that foreign labs have told the government they'd like to set up there.
Canepa is quoted by the local daily El Observador as saying that 'Uruguay will become a hub for biotechnology.'
El Observador also says that Canada's government has started talks to import marijuana from Uruguay for medicinal purposes. Uruguay's law doesn't consider the possibility of exporting cannabis, although it could be included after a government commission rules in April.
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An overwhelming 55 per cent agreed it should be, while 44 per cent disagreed. When asked: 'For most people, the use of marijuana is physically harmful', 43 per cent agreed, compared to 56 per cent who thought it was not. When it came to the impact on mental health, the majority believe it does not have a negative impact on health. When answering the question: 'For most people, the use of marijuana is psychologically or mentally harmful', 44 per cent agreed it was, in comparison to 54 per cent, who did not think it was harmful. But 50 per cent thought marijuana is physically addictive, compared to 48 per cent who did not believe it.
When asked, whether for most people, the use of marijuana leads to the use of other drugs, 50 per cent disagreed, compared to 47 per cent who agreed that it did lead to other drug uses. And the overwhelming majority no longer classed smoking marijuana as morally wrong, with 64 per cent saying they didn't think there was any ethical problem with smoking cannabis, compared to 35 per cent of those questioned. The shift in attitude is huge compared to the same question posed to the public in 1987, when 70 per cent considered smoking marijuana morally wrong, compared to 25 per cent who saw no problem with it.
The debate about legalising the sale of cannabis comes after Colorado and Washington are the first two states with legalized recreational marijuana, and Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada and Oregon will allow medical cannabis shops to open in 2014. Washington's recreational weed will go on sale later this year. Pot promises to be such big business that advocates are planning voter initiatives for legalizing recreational use in several other states by 2016.
As Colorado comes close to the end of its first week of legally selling recreational marijuana stores under revolutionary new state laws, official sales figures and profit margins have started rolling in. 'Adult use' pot is projected to be a $208 million industry in Colorado this year - on top of the $250 million projected to be spent on medical marijuana, Betty Aldworth, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, told CNN.
One business alone, the Lodo Wellness Center in Denver, which is described as a 'boutique' marijuana store that is cash-only, recorded $10,000 in sales in the first few hours of Wednesday. It is not just Colorado which is enjoying the 'green rush' - Uruguay is too.
Now foreign laboratories want to open research clinics in Uruguay to study the potential uses of medicinal marijuana now that the weed has been legalized in the South American country. Uruguay's Congress recently approved creation of the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana. The government will oversee production, sales and consumption of the drug. Presidential Spokesman Diego Canepa said Monday that foreign labs have told the government they'd like to set up there.
Canepa is quoted by the local daily El Observador as saying that 'Uruguay will become a hub for biotechnology.'
El Observador also says that Canada's government has started talks to import marijuana from Uruguay for medicinal purposes. Uruguay's law doesn't consider the possibility of exporting cannabis, although it could be included after a government commission rules in April.
News Moderator - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
Author: Anna Edwards
Contact: Home | Mail Online
Website: U.S. support for legalization of marijuana at an all-time high | Mail Online
