Support for marijuana legalization just keeps climbing, according to Gallup and the Pew Research Center.

Americans have a number of problems in their differences. However, according to polls by Gallup and Pew Research Center, one topic that they are getting smaller and smaller is the legalization of marijuana.

According to a new survey conducted by Gallup in early October, 66% (two-thirds) of American adults support the legalization of marijuana, rising from 64% in 2017.

Another recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center in September stated that 62% of American adults are supporting legalization, 61% last year. Mr. Pew also pointed out that this is "double the number in 2000 (31%)".

Gallup poll numbers generally contribute to legalization from Pew. For example, one major difference is that Gallup most supports Republican legitimization, Republicans are generally more conservative in terms of maintenance policy than the Democratic Party and Independent Party. Against legalization. This may be summarized in various ways used in the survey.

The good news of legalization is an important year of the legal pot. This year, Canada became the second legal country in the world. Vermont province became the first state to legalize cans through the legislation rather than exercising voting rights. California has opened the world's largest legal pot market.

In addition to the nine states that legalize entertainment and medical use, and 21 other states to do for medical purposes, the other four state voters will entertainment or medical legislation in the November midterm election We will consider conversion.

Advocates of legitimate believe it excludes the risk of marijuana ban: thousands of arrests across the country, the racial differences behind these arrests, and illegal hemp shovel markets around the world Market cartels Billions of dollars to money In all of these, supporters of legislation say that legalization may go beyond the potential drawbacks such as increased use of marijuana.

At the same time, the opponents argue that legalization will allow the huge cannabis industry to advertise this medication irresponsibly. They point out America's experience in the alcohol and tobacco industry. And it has largely established some of the most important consumers in their financial empire. Even if it adversely affects health, this may lead to more people using pots

• Legalization of marijuana. In the 2013 survey by Pew Research Center, 52% support legality and 45% are opposed. In the Gallup survey of 1969, 12% supported legality, and 84% opposed it. Pew also found significant differences between generations, 65% of the Mileenial generation (born in 1980 - the early period of the early 2000s) was preferred (36% in 2008). Among the elderly, the proportion of people aged 65 or over who supported legality has nearly doubled from 17 times to 32% since 2002.

A new study by the Pew Research Center shows that one in six Americans (62%) should use cannabis use should be legalized, reflecting steady growth over the past decade I will. The proportion of American adults that support legalization of marijuana has remained almost unchanged from a year ago - 61% at that time supported marijuana - but it was twice as much as in 2000 (31%). As in the past, legalization of marijuana has a wide range of differences between generations and factions. Most millennial generation (74%), generation X (63%), baby boomers (54%) say that the use of marijuana should be legal. Members of the silent generation do not support legalization the most (39%), but they have become more supportive in the past year.

In the past two decades, the US's support for the legalization of hemp has steadily increased. According to Pew Research Center, in 2000 only 31% of adults thought it should be legal. Currently, this number is 61%. In January, Oklahoma became the 30 th state to legalize medical marijuana. In the autumn, Utah and Missouri vote for medical marijuana, North Dakota State and Michigan State vote for entertainment. California's new law closely follows the report that President Donald Trump and the White House secretly wanted to form a variety of federal agencies and stop citizens' support for legalization of marijuana. Buzzfeed News reported on August 29 that the government will try to "explain this drug as a threat of the state".