Most Americans agree with NORML that responsible marijuana consumers should not be treated like criminals. Eight in ten Americans support the medical use of marijuana, and two-thirds of adults favor legalizing marijuana for adults. Our challenge, in those jurisdictions where cannabis is not yet legal and on the federal level, is to convert this public support into public policy.
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- National Polls
- State Polls
- Medical Marijuana Surveys
National Polls
Data for Progress (November 2022) Seventy-four percent of likely voters support “ending the federal ban on marijuana."
Gallup (November 2022) Sixty-eight percent of US adults say “the use of marijuana should be legal."
Pew Research Center National Poll (November 2022) Eight-nine percent of US adults believe that marijuana should be legal for either medical or adult use purposes. Only ten percent favor its continued criminalization.
Fox News (November 2022) Sixty-three percent of US adults favor “legalizing the recreational use of marijuana nationwide."
Monmouth University Poll (October 2022) Sixty-eight percent of the American public supports legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. This includes 76% of Democrats and 73% of independents, along with 52% of Republicans.
Data for Progress (October 2022) Sixty-six percent of voters support legislation “to legalize marijuana at the federal level for all adults.”
Morning Consult/Politico Poll (October 2022) Sixty percent of registered voters say “marijuana use should be made legal nationwide."
State Polls
Hawaii: SMS Research Poll (January 2023) Fifty-two percent of Hawaii adults support “revising current Hawaii law to allow Hawaii adults to legally use cannabis for recreational purposes."
Georgia: Atlanta-Journal Constitution Poll (January 2023) Fifty-three percent of Georgians say that cannabis should be legal for adult use.
Indiana: Ball State University Poll (December 2022) Fifty-six percent of adults believe that marijuana should be" legal for personal use."
South Carolina: Winthrop U Poll (November 2022) Fifty-four percent of respondents support legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Maryland: Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore poll (October 2022) Sixty-three percent of likely voters, including a majority of Republicans, said that they plan to approve the upcoming referendum to legalize adult-use cannabis in Maryland.
Delaware: University of Delaware poll (October 2022) Sixty percent of registered voters say that marijuana use by adults “should be legal."
Ohio: Spectrum News/Siena College Research Institute poll (October 2022) A majority of Ohioans, including 79 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of Independents, think that marijuana should be legal for adults.
Medical Marijuana Surveys
Kansas: KSN Emerson College Poll (October 2022) Sixty-one percent of voters support legislative efforts to legalize medical cannabis for authorized patients.
Alabama: Mowery Consulting Group (October 2022) Seventy-nine percent of likely Alabama voters favor patients’ access to medical cannabis.
Nebraska: Data Targeting and Neilan Strategy Group poll (October 2022) Sixty-three percent of likely voters said they would support legalizing marijuana for medical use.
Texas: Dallas Morning News/University of Texas Medical Poll (September 2022) Sixty-seven percent of registered voters support the legalization of marijuana in Texas for medical use.
Texas: Baselice & Associates Inc. Survey (July 2022) Sixty-four percent of Republican primary voters favor legalizing medical marijuana if it is authorized by a physician for serious medical conditions.