Nearly 60 Percent Of Americans Say Tax And Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

by Gary Kopycinski on February 18, 2011

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Palo Alto, CA–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2011. Nearly six out of ten people believe that marijuana should be “treated like alcohol and tobacco,” according to a national poll of 1,000 Americans. The poll, conducted by YouGov America and commissioned by The Economist, has a margin of error of ±4.2 percent.