Half of Americans continue to support legalizing recreational marijuana

Ma ke koho balota o ka mahina i hala, ua koho hou ʻehā mau mokuʻāina e hoʻokaʻawale i ka marijuana no ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka hoʻohana leʻaleʻa, e lawe ana i ka huina nui i 8 mau mokuʻāina i hoʻopaʻa i ka marijuana leʻaleʻa (9, me Washington DC).


Ua nānā hou ka Harris Poll i ke kumuhana o ka marijuana legalized i kēia mahina a ʻike ʻo ia, ʻoiai me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe e hui pū ana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka legalization, ua mau ka manaʻo o ʻAmelika mai ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma Pepeluali 2015.

Ua hōʻike ʻia ke koho balota hou ma kahi o 8 i 10 mau mākua e kākoʻo i ka legalization o ka mariuana no ka mālama olakino (82% 2016; 81% 2015), aʻo ka hapalua o nā ʻAmelika e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka marijuana no ka hoʻohana leʻaleʻa (50%; 49% pākahi). Ma luna o 2 i loko o 5 mau mākua (42%) kūʻē i ka legalization o ka marijuana no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka leʻaleʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā makahiki 65 a ʻoi aku (56% kūʻē).

ʻO kēia kekahi o nā hualoaʻa o The Harris Poll o 2,054 US mau makahiki 18+ i noiʻi ʻia ma ka pūnaewele ma waena o Dekemaba 8 a me 12, 2016.

Nā hoʻoholo, hoʻoholo

Whether or not you believe marijuana should be legalized for any reason, there is a larger question also at hand: who should decide whether or not to legalize the substance, the federal government on behalf of all states or state governments each for themselves? Just over a third of adults feel the decision should be made at the federal level (35% in 2016 and 2015), but the number who favor the states retaining the right to make this decision has increased from 44% in 2015 to 48% now.

Ch-ch-ch-hoʻololi

Inā ʻae ʻia ka marijuana, hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ma mua o kahi hoʻololi maʻalahi o ke kānāwai. Ma kahi o ʻehiku i loko o ka ʻumi mau mākua e manaʻoʻiʻo e alakaʻi i ka marijuana legalized i ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā (71%), ka nui o ka marijuana i hoʻohana ʻia (71%), a me ka helu o nā mea hoʻohana mariuana (69%). I kēia manawa, ma kahi o ʻeono i loko o ka ʻumi e manaʻo nei e piʻi aʻe ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā mokuʻāina kahi i kūpono ai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka marijuana leʻaleʻa (64%) a ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ka marijuana i hoʻohana ʻia (57%).

Ka hopena o ka inu ʻana i ka waiʻona

When it comes to the potential impact of marijuana legalization on alcohol consumption, most regular drinkers (adults ages 21+ who drink alcohol at least several times a year), say that marijuana legalization would not impact their personal consumption of alcoholic beverages. 81% of regular beer and spirit drinkers and 85% of regular wine drinkers say that legalization of marijuana would not impact, or has not impacted (for those states where it has already been legalized), their consumption of alcohol. Of the balance, more say they will decrease their alcohol consumption than say they will increase their consumption.

Eia nō naʻe, e like me Danny Brager, SVP o Nielsen's Beverage Alcohol Practice, "He mea mahalo nui i kekahi mau ʻeke o nā mea kūʻai aku - ma waena o nā makahiki like ʻole, nā hui kālā, a me ke kāne - ua pane mai i nā helu ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hopena o kā lākou inu ʻana i ka waiʻona. e ka legalization o ka mariuana. I ka nui o kekahi o kēia mau mea kūʻai demographic he mea nui loa i kēlā me kēia ʻano mea inu makua, hiki i ka legalization marijuana ke loaʻa i kekahi mau hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka inu ʻona.

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