Half of Americans continue to support legalizing recreational marijuana

Ukusukela kunyulo lwenyanga ephelileyo, amanye amazwe amane avotele ukuvala intsangu kusetyenziso lwezonyango kunye nokuzonwabisa, oko kuzisa inani elipheleleyo kumazwe asi-8 athe asemthethweni intsangu yokuzonwabisa (9, kubandakanya iWashington DC).


I-Harris Poll iphinde yabuyela kwisihloko sentsangu esemthethweni kule nyanga kwaye yafumanisa ukuba, nangona amazwe amaninzi ajoyina intshukumo yokwenziwa ngokusemthethweni, iimvakalelo zaseMelika ziye zahlala zifana okoko kwabonwa ngoFebruwari ka-2015.

I-poll yakutshanje ibonise ukuba malunga ne-8 kubantu abadala be-10 baxhasa ukuvunyelwa ngokusemthethweni kwentsangu kunyango lwezonyango (82% 2016; 81% 2015), ngelixa isiqingatha saseMelika sixhasa ukusemthethweni kwentsangu ukusetyenziswa kokuzonwabisa (50%; 49% ngokulandelanayo). Ngaphezulu nje kwesi-2 kwaba-5 abantu abadala (i-42%) bayakuchasa ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni kwentsangu ukuba isetyenziselwe ukuzonwabisa, ngakumbi abo baneminyaka engama-65 nangaphezulu (ama-56 ekhulwini ayachasa).

Ezi zezinye zeziphumo ze-The Harris Poll ye-2,054 yabantu abadala base-US abaneminyaka eyi-18 + ehlolwe kwi-intanethi phakathi kwe-8 kaDisemba kunye ne-12, i-2016.

Izigqibo, izigqibo

Whether or not you believe marijuana should be legalized for any reason, there is a larger question also at hand: who should decide whether or not to legalize the substance, the federal government on behalf of all states or state governments each for themselves? Just over a third of adults feel the decision should be made at the federal level (35% in 2016 and 2015), but the number who favor the states retaining the right to make this decision has increased from 44% in 2015 to 48% now.

Ch-ch-ch-utshintsho

Ukuba intsangu yayiza kuba semthethweni, inamandla okuba nefuthe elingaphaya kotshintsho olulula lwezomthetho. Malunga nesixhenxe kwabalishumi abadala bakholelwa ukuba intsangu esemthethweni iya kukhokelela ekonyukeni kwengeniso yerhafu (71%), isixa sentsangu esisetyenzisiweyo (71%), kunye nenani labasebenzisi bentsangu (69%). Ngeli xesha, malunga nesithandathu kwishumi silindele ukonyuka kukhenketho ukuya kumazwe apho ukusetyenziswa kwentsangu kusemthethweni (64%) kunye nokungaguquguquki okukhulu / umgangatho wokusetyenziswa kwentsangu (57%).

Iimpembelelo zokusetyenziswa kotywala

When it comes to the potential impact of marijuana legalization on alcohol consumption, most regular drinkers (adults ages 21+ who drink alcohol at least several times a year), say that marijuana legalization would not impact their personal consumption of alcoholic beverages. 81% of regular beer and spirit drinkers and 85% of regular wine drinkers say that legalization of marijuana would not impact, or has not impacted (for those states where it has already been legalized), their consumption of alcohol. Of the balance, more say they will decrease their alcohol consumption than say they will increase their consumption.

Nangona kunjalo, ngokukaDanny Brager, i-SVP ye-Nielsen's Beverage Alcohol Practice, "Kuphawuleka kakhulu ukuba ezinye iipokotho zabathengi - kumaqela ahlukeneyo eminyaka yobudala, amaqela emivuzo, kunye nesini - baphendule ngamanani abaluleke kakhulu ukuba ukusela kwabo utywala kunokuchaphazeleka. ngokusemthethweni intsangu. Ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba lokuba ezinye zezi nkcukacha zabathengi zibaluleke kakhulu kudidi ngalunye lwesiselo sabantu abadala, ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni kwentsangu kunokuba nefuthe elibi ekusetyenzisweni kotywala. ”

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