Poll says 56 percent of voters favor legalization
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A nationwide Rasmussen poll conducted on May 12, of 1,000 likely voters, found that 56 percent favored legalization of marijuana if it were controlled and regulated similar to alcohol and cigarettes. Only 36 percent of those surveyed were opposed to legalizing and regulating cannabis. In the survey by Rasmussen Reports the margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence. Pulse Opinion Research, LLC conducts all field work for Rasmussen Reports.

This is an increase of nine percentage points since March of this year when Rasmussen last conducted a public survey of likely voters addressing this issue. At that time they found that 47 percent favored legalization of marijuana while 43 percent were opposed.

It seems as legalization issues are brought to the forefront of public debate in more and more states, the information and facts regarding the relative safety and impressive benefits associated with use of cannabis (also known as ganja, pot, herb, weed, marijuana) is swaying voters in favor of legalizing the plant.

Legalization will be the ballots this fall in Colorado and Washington states, and possibly others.

The medicinal benefits of marijuana are becoming better understood by doctors, patients, and public alike. Hopefully, as the debate continues, there will be more education on the diverse uses and benefits of hemp as an industrial fiber and more. Hemp is a very different plant than the bud producing marijuana plant and deserves a focus separate but similar to that now given to medicinal marijuana.
~DAZEY

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