6 facts about marijuana

Support for marijuana legalization is rapidly outpacing opposition
Pew Research Center (US)
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

pew-marijuana2014Attitudes about marijuana have undergone a rapid shift in public opinion, paralleled by few other trends in the U.S. Our recent data, along with historical figures from Gallup and the General Social Survey, reveal how views have shifted about the drug over time. Earlier this year, our survey found that many more Americans now favor shifting the focus of the nation’s overall drug policy. Here are six key facts about public opinion and marijuana.