Nearly one in three Americans (32%) say that drug use has been a cause of trouble in their family. The latest figure, similar to measures from 2018 and 2019, reflects a sizable increase since the 1990s and early 2000s in the percentage of U.S. families that have experienced struggles with […] Read more »
Republican lawmakers aren’t with the public on marijuana
Senate Democrats are making one of the largest pushes to date for decriminalizing marijuana on the federal level. The bill is likely to fail because of Republican opposition. And while the Democrats’ proposed legislation has a number of different components, objections to decriminalizing (let alone legalizing) marijuana fly in the […] Read more »
Most Want Legal Recreational Use of Marijuana in Their State
With New York becoming the sixteenth state to fully legalize the use of cannabis, and two more states – Virginia and New Mexico – set to join them later this year, legalizing recreational marijuana use finds favor with a majority of Americans. 55% say they would personally like the recreational […] Read more »
Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal for recreational or medical use
As more states, including Virginia and New York, continue to legalize marijuana, an overwhelming share of U.S. adults (91%) say either that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use (60%) or that it should be legal for medical use only (31%) … There have long been age and […] Read more »
Why Biden’s marijuana stance is 10 years behind the curve
President Joe Biden and the federal government are behind the times on marijuana reform. Earlier this month, five members of the Biden administration were let go at least in part for admitting to past marijuana use. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law. But a look at the numbers shows […] Read more »
Record-High Worry in U.S. About Hunger, Race Relations
One year after the coronavirus pandemic upended Americans’ lives and caused an economic crisis, worry about hunger and homelessness in the country eclipses concerns about 13 other national issues for the first time. The 55% of U.S. adults who say they personally worry “a great deal” about these consequences of […] Read more »