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Less than a week after the legal cannabis industry scored a big win with five states passing adult-use and medical legalization measures on their respective ballots, a new Gallup poll is reporting that 68 percent of Americans feel that marijuana should be legal. Not only is this the highest percentage of support ever recorded in a national Gallup poll, it means that nearly seven in ten Americans are in favor of legalization.
It’s also an issue that seems to transcend age demographics. According to the poll, 55 percent of adults ages 65 and older support adult-use legalization.
However, there is still somewhat of a partisan divide. Only 48 percent of respondents who identify themselves as Republicans support legalization, a drop from recent years. That figure is in marked contrast to the poll’s findings that report that 83 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of Independents support legalization.
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