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Poll Results: Should States Legalize Marijuana?

August 2nd, 2011. By AbiK

We’ve just closed our poll asking whether states should legalize marijuana for medical use. And the results are interesting, as they seem to indicate that public opinion may be shifting a bit in favor of legalization.

Now, admittedly, you could argue that LawyersandSettlements.com readers might somehow inherently represent a group that’s more open to the idea of legal pot. But as of the close of our poll, the results based on 301 respondents are as follows:

Yes, Legalize Medical Marijuana:                    75%  (N=226)

No, Do Not Legalize Medical Marijuana          25%  (N=75)

The reason for saying that public opinion might be shifting a bit is that when we took a look at the same question asked over at Urtak.com a while back, the results were not as clear cut as they appear to be here. At the time, only 55% of respondents at Urtak.com felt that medical marijuana should be legalized.

For those who are keeping track, there are currently 16 states (and Washington DC) in which medical marijuana is legal: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington DC, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

Additionally, according to MedicalMarijuana.ProCon.org, there are 10 states that have pending medical marijuana legislation: Alabama, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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