Most Americans favor legal weed, Gallup poll says, but level of support varies based on age, religion, party

More than two-thirds of Americans support cannabis for recreational use, a measure of support unchanged since 2020.

In the Gallup Poll released Tuesday, 68% agreed that marijuana should be legal. When Gallup first asked the question in 1969, only 12% supported legal weed.

Voters in Maryland and Missouri voted last week to legalize cannabis for recreational use, bringing the number of states to 21 states and the District of Columbia.

“An overwhelming majority of Americans have consistently opposed our failed prohibition of marijuana for nearly a decade; it defies common sense and the concept of sound public policy that our elected officials at the federal level have yet to take meaningful action.” said Eric Altieri, executive director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Efforts to pass federal cannabis legislation in the lame-duck session of Congress are ongoing, according to U.S. Sen. Cory Booker.

The talks in Congress center around making sure that legislation allowing banks to provide financial services to legal marijuana businesses contains a restorative justice provision while ensuring that smaller enterprises, especially those owned by minorities, also have access to the financial support they need to compete with larger companies.

[Read more at NJ.com]