Seven out of 10 Americans are in favor to the legalization of cannabis. This is what emerges from the new survey conducted by Gallup from 2 to 23 October, which confirms: it is the highest rate ever recorded since 1969.
In addition to supporters in fact, who touch the 70% of the population, only 29% of US adults said they were against legalization, while 1% were unsure.
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Cannabis in the USA: Both political groups and citizens want legalization
Precisely in the United States, where cannabis prohibition has its historical roots, one has started green revolution unstoppable. In fact, 24 states have also legalized its recreational use.
A panorama that perfectly reflects the ideas of both the citizens and the political parties of the country with stars and stripes. In fact, as emerges from a survey also conducted by Gallup in 2022, the Americans they prefer marijuana to tobacco.
In particular, well the 16% of those interviewed confirmed that they had consumed recently cannabis, while only the11%, in a previous survey, said he had smoked a cigarette tobacco.
Same thing for all the main subgroups, in which, for the second consecutive year, support was confirmed majority to legalization.
As of today, support is highest among liberals (91%) and Democrats (87%) and lowest among conservatives (52%) and Republicans (55%). Support that was found to be “inversely related to age, reaching the 79% among young people between 18 and 34 years old. However, even among older people, nearly two-thirds (64%) are in favor."
“For now, the high level of support among young adults suggests that national support it will only expand in the years to come, likely leading more states, and perhaps even the federal government, to legalize it,” the survey authors concluded.
