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New poll results out of Pennsylvania show that nearly 6 in 10 (58 percent) adult residents support the \u201ccomplete legalization\u201d of marijuana in the commonwealth, the highest level of support for legalization since the Muhlenberg College\u2019s annual public health poll began tracking the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe trend on public support for legalization of marijuana in Pennsylvania is clear, with support growing for the eighth year in a row,\u201d Chris Borick, director of the college\u2019s Institute of Public Opinion, said in a statement accompanying the survey results. \u201cAs the state government considers this policy option, the public is increasingly coming to the conclusion that they support legalization.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just over a quarter of respondents (26 percent) said they were opposed to legalizing cannabis in Pennsylvania. Another 14 percent neither favored nor opposed legalization, while three percent said they weren\u2019t sure.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nVia Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The <\/span>poll<\/a>, published last week, surveyed 421 Pennsylvania adults during the latter half of March. Its finding have a margin of error of +\/- 5.5 percent.<\/span>Nationally, public support for legalization is also pushing an all-time high. A Quinnipiac poll released this month found that 69 percent of all Americans now favor ending prohibition<\/a>, an all-time high since Quinnipiac University began tracking the issue in 2012. Three other polls, released this month by Pew Research Center<\/a>,\u00a0CBS News<\/a>\u00a0and Ipsos<\/a>, show strong majorities in favor of legalization.<\/p>\n The Muhlenberg survey also asked about a range of other unrelated issues, including COVID-19 vaccines, government responses to the pandemic and attitudes on universal healthcare. Its only other drug-related questions focused on opioids, asking how serious of a problem \u201cheroin abuse in America is\u201d and whether respondents knew anyone \u201cwho has been addicted to heroin or another opiate.\u201d<\/p>\n An overwhelming 81 percent of Pennsylvanians said opioid use disorders are \u201cvery serious,\u201d with 16 percent saying the issue is \u201csomewhat serious.\u201d Only one percent of respondents said it was \u201cnot at all serious,\u201d while two percent were unsure.<\/p>\n Fifty-nine percent, meanwhile, said they knew someone with opioid use disorder.<\/p>\n In Pennsylvania, a bipartisan Senate duo is currently crafting legislation that would legalize cannabis across the commonwealth. Sens. Dan Laughlin (R) and Sharif Street (D) announced some details of the proposal earlier this year<\/a>, though the bill has yet to be formally introduced.<\/p>\n \u201cI ran for public office because I wanted to solve problems\u2014and you can only solve problems when you are honest about what people think and how people really feel,\u201d Laughlin said at a press conference\u00a0in February. \u201cIt\u2019s clear to me that public attitudes towards marijuana have changed dramatically in the past decade, maybe more than any other issue in recent memory.\u201d<\/p>\n On the House side, meanwhile, a handful of Democrats earlier this month introduced a separate bill, HB 1180<\/a>, which would legalize the purchase and possession of marijuana by adults 21 and older. Adults would be allowed to grow up to six plants in a private residence for personal use and would also be able to gift other adults up to an ounce of cannabis.<\/p>\n Outside the legislature, Gov. Tom Wolf (D)\u00a0said earlier this year that marijuana legalization was a priority<\/a> as he negotiated the annual budget with lawmakers, however, his formal spending request doesn\u2019t contain legislative language to actually accomplish the cannabis policy change.<\/p>\n The governor has repeatedly called for legalization and pressured the Republican-controlled legislature to pursue the reform<\/a> since coming out in favor of the policy in 2019<\/a>. Shortly after he did that,\u00a0a lawmaker filed a bill to\u00a0legalize marijuana through a state-run model<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), meanwhile, has been vocal in his support of legalization.<\/p>\n Fetterman,\u00a0who is running for U.S. Senate<\/a>, previously led a\u00a0listening tour across the state<\/a>\u00a0to solicit public input on legalization. He\u2019s credited that effort with helping to move the governor toward embracing comprehensive reform. The lieutenant governor even festooned his Capitol office<\/a> with marijuana-themed decor.<\/p>\n Late last year, the lieutenant governor hosted a virtual forum where he got\u00a0advice on how to effectively implement a cannabis system<\/a>\u00a0from his counterparts in Illinois and Michigan, which have enacted legalization.<\/p>\n The COVID-19 pandemic, and its financial fallout, have also given lawmakers a reason to consider legalization, which make tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue. A majority of Senate Democrats in July sent the governor a letter arguing that\u00a0legislators should pursue the policy change<\/a> in order to make up for revenue loss resulting pandemic, but it\u2019s not clear whether legalization could pass the state\u2019s GOP-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n Connecticut Governor Asks For Marijuana Legalization Advice From New Mexico Counterpart<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post Pennsylvania Marijuana Poll Shows Highest-Ever Support For Legalization<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
New poll results out of Pennsylvania show that nearly 6 in 10 (58 percent) adult residents support the \u201ccomplete legalization\u201d of marijuana in the commonwealth, the highest level of support for legalization since the Muhlenberg College\u2019s annual public health poll began tracking the issue. \u201cThe trend on public support forContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":47365,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47366,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47364\/revisions\/47366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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