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Michigan residents are split on whether they favor legalizing recreational marijuana, according to a poll released Monday.
The poll, commissioned by the Michigan Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or Michigan NORML, found 50 percent of respondents would vote to legalize and tax marijuana, while 46 percent would vote against it, and 4 percent were undecided.
Support for recreational marijuana has increased in Michigan. A 2013 poll that reported 47 percent of respondents were in favor.
The recent poll shows Democratic men were the group most in favor at 70 percent, followed by independent men at 56 percent and Democratic women at 55 percent. The poll also found that 39 percent of Republican women were in favor, which is slightly higher than 35 percent support among Republican men.
The prospect of voters approving recreational marijuana would be "more favorable in higher turnout elections, especially if support continues to increase," because of the large support among Democrats and slight majority of support among independents, EPIC-MRA, the group that conducted the poll, said.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has been sent two bills to consider that would legalize growing industrial hemp for research purposes and remove the word "hemp" from the definition of state marijuana laws if signed. He has also in the past been opposed to local efforts to rewrite marijuana laws, including a 2013 ballot measure in Lansing to legalize and a 2014 Saginaw one to decriminalize.
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The poll, commissioned by the Michigan Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or Michigan NORML, found 50 percent of respondents would vote to legalize and tax marijuana, while 46 percent would vote against it, and 4 percent were undecided.
Support for recreational marijuana has increased in Michigan. A 2013 poll that reported 47 percent of respondents were in favor.
The recent poll shows Democratic men were the group most in favor at 70 percent, followed by independent men at 56 percent and Democratic women at 55 percent. The poll also found that 39 percent of Republican women were in favor, which is slightly higher than 35 percent support among Republican men.
The prospect of voters approving recreational marijuana would be "more favorable in higher turnout elections, especially if support continues to increase," because of the large support among Democrats and slight majority of support among independents, EPIC-MRA, the group that conducted the poll, said.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has been sent two bills to consider that would legalize growing industrial hemp for research purposes and remove the word "hemp" from the definition of state marijuana laws if signed. He has also in the past been opposed to local efforts to rewrite marijuana laws, including a 2013 ballot measure in Lansing to legalize and a 2014 Saginaw one to decriminalize.
News Moderator: 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Michigan split on whether to legalize marijuana use - The Washington Post
Author: Hunter Schwarz
Contact: https://www.washingtonpost.com/actmgmt/help/
Photo Credit: NORBERTO DUARTE
Website: Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
