A new poll of North Carolina likely voters finds that more than 7 in 10 (71 percent) support legalizing medical marijuana in the state, with majorities across party lines and in every surveyed demographic—aside from people over the age of 80—in favor of the reform.
“North Carolina is one of a handful of states without some form of legal medical marijuana,” noted David McLennan, poll director for the Meredith Poll, which conducted the survey of 703 people earlier this month. “With the public strongly behind such a law and most within the medical community supporting this legislation, it seems like this might be a good time to pass such a bill.”
Among all respondents, 45 percent said they “strongly” support medical marijuana legalization, while 26 percent said they “somewhat” do. Nine percent said they “somewhat” oppose the reform, and 14 percent said they were “strongly” opposed. Another 6 percent of respondents said they didn’t know their feelings on the proposal.
As the poll itself notes, “even those that self-identify as the most conservative residents” support medical marijuana legalization.
Among those residents identifying as “very conservative,” for example, 62 percent said they either strongly or somewhat favor the reform, while 35.8
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