{"id":82629,"date":"2025-08-06T05:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/most-marijuana-consumers-expect-federal-legalization-will-happen-before-2028-presidential-election-poll-shows\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:04:04","slug":"most-marijuana-consumers-expect-federal-legalization-will-happen-before-2028-presidential-election-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/most-marijuana-consumers-expect-federal-legalization-will-happen-before-2028-presidential-election-poll-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Marijuana Consumers Expect Federal Legalization Will Happen Before 2028 Presidential Election, Poll Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new poll shows that a slim majority of marijuana consumers anticipate that cannabis will be federally legalized before the next presidential election in 2028.<\/p>\n

Even amid the stalled-out marijuana rescheduling process, the survey from the medical cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD showed some optimism about the possibility that a complete end to prohibition could come under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Respondents were asked: \u201cDo you expect cannabis to be federally legalized during the next three years?\u201d<\/p>\n

About 54 percent of marijuana consumers said they did hold that expectation, compared to 46 percent who said they didn\u2019t see legalization happening on that timeline.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 50 million Americans who choose to use cannabis are the main stakeholders in its legality, so it is noteworthy to see that a majority of them expect federal legalization to happen before the 2028 election is set to occur,\u201d Andrew Graham, head of communications at NuggMD, told Marijuana Moment.<\/p>\n

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Via NuggMD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t necessarily share that optimism, but it\u2019s worth reiterating that federal legalization is overwhelmingly popular with most every voting demographic,\u201d he said. \u201cThe party that\u2019s currently in power needs to cut ties with its prohibitionist wing and focus on doing what\u2019s obvious and popular. Federal legalization, and the creation of a fair, pro-business regulatory environment, is long overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey, which involved interviews with 390 cannabis users who live in state-legal markets from July 31 to August 2\u2014with a +\/- 4.96 percentage point margin of error\u2014is one of the latest temperature checks on public sentiment toward cannabis policy as reform efforts remain in flux at the federal level.<\/p>\n

For example, polling data released by the Pew Research Center last month showed an overwhelming majority of Americans\u2014nearly nine in 10\u2014support legalizing marijuana in some form<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another recent survey from the Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education, and Regulation (CPEAR), which was conducted by the firm Forbes Tate Partners, found that seven in 10 American voters want to see the end of federal marijuana prohibition\u2014and nearly half say\u00a0they\u2019d view the Trump administration more favorably if it took action on the issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A poll released in June that Marijuana Moment partnered on with NuggMD showed that a majority of marijuana consumers disapprove of the Trump administration\u2019s actions on cannabis policy<\/a>\u00a0to date, but there\u2019s also a significant willingness among users to shift their position if the federal government opts to reschedule or legalize marijuana.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, meanwhile, a firm associated with President Donald Trump\u2014Fabrizio, Lee & Associates\u2014also\u00a0polled Americans on a series of broader marijuana policy issues<\/a>. Notably, it found that a majority of Republicans back cannabis rescheduling\u2014and, notably, they\u2019re even more supportive of allowing states to legalize marijuana without federal interference compared to the average voter.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s former acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) also recently predicted that the administration\u00a0will soon \u201cdig in\u201d to the state-federal marijuana policy conflict<\/a>, emphasizing the need to \u201celiminate confusion, not create it\u201d amid the rescheduling push.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Terrence Cole, who was sworn in last month as the new administrator of the DEA,\u00a0declined to include rescheduling on a list of \u201cstrategic priorities\u201d<\/a>\u00a0the agency that instead focused on anti-trafficking enforcement, Mexican cartels, the fentanyl supply chain, drug-fueled violence, cryptocurrency, the dark web and a host of other matters.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s despite the fact that Cole said during a confirmation hearing in April that\u00a0examining the government\u2019s pending marijuana rescheduling proposal would be \u201cone of my first priorities\u201d after taking office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Cole\u2019s swearing-in on Wednesday, the Senate a day earlier gave final approval to the Trump nominee. Almost immediately afterward, a\u00a0major marijuana industry association renewed the push to make progress on the long-stalled federal cannabis rescheduling process<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, NuggMD also released a survey last month that found a majority of marijuana consumers feel their use of cannabis has had a \u201cpositive\u201d impact on their careers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post Most Marijuana Consumers Expect Federal Legalization Will Happen Before 2028 Presidential Election, Poll Shows<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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