The increase in seniors’ self-reported use of cannabis coincides with rising public support for marijuana legalization among older Americans.
Topic: Polls
More than eight in ten Mississippi voters endorse medical marijuana legalization, and most prefer the more liberal of the state’s two pending ballot measures.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents — including 69 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of Republicans — agreed that "the federal government should legalize the use and sale of marijuana for adults."
"The current findings suggest generally positive perceptions of the legal cannabis market."
Only 18 percent of patients surveyed "rated their provider as a good source of information regarding cannabis."
Overall 22.6 percent of US adults reported using marijuana within the last year.
Sixty-two percent of likely voters “believe that marijuana should be legalized for adult use in the state of Arizona.”
"Public opinion continues to evolve in favor of marijuana’s legal and cultural status and it is time that the federal laws evolve as well."