Colorado is often cited as the bellwether of America becoming a marijuana nation. With our legalization of medical marijuana in 2000, and of recreational marijuana in 2012, we helped open the floodgates to what has become a national movement. …
Quinnipiac’s Colorado polls show that about 55 percent of the public supports legalization, similar to Colorado’s 2012 election result. About 45 percent of the public continues to oppose recreational marijuana legalization five years after its passage.
But more problematic for the industry and its advocates is that expansion of sales is opposed in polls and frequently loses in local elections. …
A statewide poll conducted in October by the University of Denver’s Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research showed only 36 percent of state voters supported and 53 percent opposed the expansion of retail sales. CONT.
Floyd Ciruli (Ciruli Assoc.), Colorado Springs Gazette