Pew Poll: Majority Of Americans Say Marijuana Should Be Legal

by Gary Kopycinski on April 15, 2013

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Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Fifty-two percent of Americans say that the adult consumption of cannabis ought to be legal, according to national polling datareleased last week by the Pew Research Center. The total is the highest percentage of support ever reported by Pew, which began surveying public opinion on this issue in 1973.