More Americans favor some form of marijuana legalization than oppose it, an exclusive new Yahoo News/Marist Poll, “Weed & the American Family,” found. And that’s especially true for medical marijuana. CONT. Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News Read more »
5 Ways America Changed During the Obama Years
American public opinion changed in significant ways over the course of Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House, including on issues such as the economy, race relations, and the level of confidence the public has in different aspects or actors in the government. Many of these changes were the […] Read more »
Teen use of any illicit drug other than marijuana at new low, same true for alcohol
Teenagers’ use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco declined significantly in 2016 at rates that are at their lowest since the 1990s, a new national study showed. But University of Michigan researchers cautioned that while these developments are “trending in the right direction,” marijuana still remains high for 12th-graders. CONT. U. […] Read more »
Support for Legal Marijuana Use Up to 60%
With voters in several states deciding this fall whether to legalize the use of marijuana, public support for making it legal has reached 60% — its highest level in Gallup’s 47-year trend. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Arizona poll: Clinton, Trump in dead heat; 50% favor marijuana initiative
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are neck and neck in the presidential race in Arizona with more than 20 percent of the state’s likely voters undecided, according to an Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News Poll. CONT. Lily Altavena, Cronkite News Read more »
California Counts Poll: Big Leads For Kamala Harris, Yes On 64
California Attorney General Kamala Harris continues to hold a big lead in the state’s open U.S. Senate race over Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. More than half of respondents, 51 percent, say they would vote for Harris in a new poll commissioned by the California Counts public media collaboration. Just 19 percent […] Read more »