Majority Wants Marijuana Legal And Taxed

Back in March of this year, the Rasmussen Poll did a survey about marijuana. At that time, a plurality (47%) said marijuana should be legalized and taxed along the lines of how alcohol is treated (a much more dangerous drug). About 42% disagreed and thought marijuana should remain illegal, while 10% were undecided.

This month, NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) asked Rasmussen to do a new survey, and it seems that people are gravitating toward the view that marijuana should be legalized. Here is the question asked, and the numbers it produced from the May 12th survey of 1000 likely voters:

WOULD YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE LEGALIZING MARIJUANA AND REGULATING IT IN THE SIMILAR MANNER TO THE WAY ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO CIGARETTES ARE REGULATED TODAY?
favor...............56%
oppose...............36%
undecided...............8%

That's a significant majority (and the margin of error for the poll is only 3 points). When the specification of allowing legal marijuana to be sold only in pharmacies was added, the majority grew to 58%. A majority also said it should be legal for anyone to smoke marijuana in their own home, or in the home of a friend.

Attitudes about marijuana are finally changing in this country -- which is a good thing, since this gentle and harmless herb should never have been illegal. Now all we have to do is convince our government of how wrong they have been for decades.