Utahns are divided on the issue of legal medical marijuana, according to survey results released Thursday by the Utah Foundation.
The poll, conducted in late February and early March of this year by Dan Jones and Associates, asked participants whether they agreed that “legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes would have a positive impact on society.”
Of the 386 registered voters who participated, 43 percent agreed, 34 percent disagreed and 23 percent were neutral. The poll had a margin of error of 5 percent.
Agreement was strongest among Democrat and unaffiliated voters, as well as voters between 61 and 70 years old, with 52 percent, 57 percent and 55 percent, respectively.
Among Republican voters, 31 percent agreed that medical marijuana would have a positive effect on society.
Younger voters, typically seen as more receptive to relaxing drug restrictions, were the least likely to agree on medical marijuana’s positive effect.
Among participants between 18 and 25 years old, 58 percent disagreed with the survey’s statement.
View Article