Rasmussen: 56% of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization; 58% if it's in Pharmacies

The latest public opinion poll to ask Americans about legalizing marijuana like alcohol and tobacco shows 56% agree with the idea, according to Rasmussen Reports.  The support for marijuana legalization rises if it is to be sold only in pharmacies:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 58% of Likely U.S. Voters support legalization if marijuana is regulated and sold only in pharmacies. Thirty-two percent (32%) oppose legalizing marijuana even if its sales are controlled in this way. Ten percent (10%) are undecided.

According to Rasmussen, 62% of voters believe that American consumer demand is "a major factor in the drug violence and gang warfare in Mexico and Central America."  In response to the violence, nearly half (47%) of all Americans are open to the idea of legalizing marijuana and cocaine if that would reduce border violence.

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Comments

[SteveHansen]

08:05 AM on 05/30/2012

Rasmussen almost always slants their poll results toward the "conservative" position. In almost every poll, all of the other polling companies results are about 10 points more "liberal" than Rasmussen. When Rasmussen says "56%" support a "liberal" position, it really means that about 66% of actual people support that position.

[Jarga Kebba Gigo]

10:45 PM on 05/22/2012

We need harder support rather than the soft support. Also we need brave leaders who can reach the "56%", perhaps 30% will be brave enough for something like smoke-up sunday. We cannot expect political leaders and other hypocritical leaders to initiate it. brave-up, attend and invite others. https://www.facebook.com/events/193945747345724/

[TrenchPressNews]

08:25 PM on 05/22/2012

Obama brags of doing what 1 in 6 people in prison did but will not let them go, & Romney wants some to die.
http://trenchpress.com/?p=12690

[aretoo]

07:47 PM on 05/22/2012

The mis-guided "war on drugs" has had a massive impact on our country and culture. It has fueled an incredible rise in crime and violence, twisted our police departments, peeled away our rights, incarcerated a relatively huge percentage of one (or two) generations, devastated multiple other countries with crime lords fighting over the profits, and ruined millions of lives. Are we better off? Are we safer? Are we winning?

[fumes]

04:07 PM on 05/23/2012

but maybe most of all..

''The mis-guided 'war on drugs' '' has broken the sacred trust..

that we need with the Law.. the Law-makers and the Law-enforcers!