Poll: 56% favor legalization Questions - Drug Legalization - May 12, 2012 47% Favor Legalizing Pot, Cocaine To Reduce Border Drug Violence 11% Favor Legalizing, Regulating Cocaine 52% Say States Should Be Allowed to Overrule Feds on Drug Approval 58% Favor Selling Pot in Pharmacies Only 56% Favor Legalizing, Regulating Marijuana See Toplines Platinum Page National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters Conducted May 12, 2012 By Rasmussen Reports 1* Would you favor or oppose a law that bans the sale and consumption of beer, wine, and all alcoholic beverages? 2* Should the government outlaw tobacco smoking? 3* Should it be a crime for people to smoke marijuana in their own home or the home of a friend? 4* Would you favor or oppose legalizing marijuana and regulating it in the similar manner to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are regulated today? 5* Suppose that marijuana was legalized and regulated so that it was illegal for people under 18 to buy, that those who drove while under the influence of marijuana received strict penalties, and that smoking marijuana was banned in public places like restaurants. With such regulations in place, would you favor or oppose legalizing and regulating marijuana? 6* Suppose that, if marijuana was legalized and regulated, it could be sold only in pharmacies. Drug dealers who sold marijuana on the street would be subject to strict jail sentences. Would that reduce the number of drug dealers in the country? 7* If marijuana was legalized and regulated, but could be sold only in pharmacies, would you favor or oppose legalizing and regulating marijuana? 8* If marijuana was legalized and could be sold only in pharmacies, would the number of people under 18 who smoke marijuana increase or decrease? 9* Some people believe that if marijuana was legalized and regulated, it would reduce gang violence and reduce income for organized crime groups. How likely is it that legalizing and regulating marijuana would reduce gang violence and reduce income for organized crime groups? NEWSFLASHoliticians can't read polls unless they support what their owners want!
Until we the people start actually talking with our votes, kicking them out and not letting them divide us with petty issues such as gay marriage, abortion and birth control.
not to be a debbie downer but polls don't always equate to votes. or california would have pot legal already with prop 19
If all the people who voted yes on the poll actually got out and voted on Prop 19, it would have passed. So, yes, the vote does matter.
Actually when done correctly polls are a very accurate depiction of the population. Interesting also because I just was playing a game and met a guy from my state who said he tried marijuana once in college and never again, and I brought up medical marijuana and he basically said screw that just legalize. We are getting very close, if we could just get the FDA on our side.
Sorry, but we have a lot more problems to get to. Lobbying from big pharma is not going to go away. Best way is to fight fire with fire. Have lobbyists for legalization, and in suites....not coloured dye shirts
Until a new generation of Americans come into office and throw all that archaic bullshit out the window, we need a young leader, not some old fart hypocrite ass licker.
^^word homie. You cant fool all the people all of the time; but if you fool the right ones, then the rest will fall in line. ~ Dead Prez It's very comforting for me to see the progression of marijuana reform laws rather than the regression that has ruled over marijuana legislation in the past. It is a reminder that the general public are not entirely media driven idiots and that times are finally changing. I also find it somewhat surprising just how quickly new reform laws are picking up pace. I remember hitting a bong on a balcony with my buddy about 3 years back, saying "fuck man, I can't wait until weed is legal" and my buddy laughing his ass off. I had just begun to look into marijuana prohibition at the time, and my friend had yet to do so. Due to the various illegitimate sources that lead to marijuana prohibition, I had just realized at the time that there was no real foundation for the prohibition in the first place and the movements support and legitimization was powered by deception and ignorance. For this reason alone, I felt at the time that marijuana's legalization would be inevitable. As people start to realize that the prohibition is just propaganda and that they've been lied to for many, many years (as I had), reform laws will gain more legitimacy and legalization will follow. I still believe we are a few years from achieving this, but it is inevitable. I can see medicinal being full blown in the next 2-5 years, and recreational in the next 4-10 years. I believe this is ambitious, but I also believe my generation will not allow this prohibition to stick around much longer. As long as I can LEGALLY smoke weed at least once in my life, I'll die a happy man.
""As people start to realize that the prohibition is just propaganda and that they've been lied to for many, many years (as I had), reform laws will gain more legitimacy and legalization will follow."" It is starting to happen quicker but still seems like a snails pace,,attitudes and curiosity are starting to set in with more of the baby boomers,,a lot that smoked as college students and settled into family raising,working and life,,now retiring and looking back,,kids all gone,,,arthur visiting at the slightest cooling,,tweaks and cramps in the legs that have walked thousands of miles and a blood pressure machine as part of your medical gear,,all problems that NORML's Silver Tour is addressing going to rest homes and retirement centers to introduce the possible relief of a lot of the geriatric issues we will all face someday,,yup,,it's happening little faster every time another state decriminalizes or legalizes mmj,,,now we just need congress to have an emergency joint session and get-er-done.