New poll shows 56% of Americans support regulating marijuana like alcohol

Support for ending marijuana prohibition and regulating marijuana like alcohol continues to grow nationwide. There is generally more support for reform here in Colorado, so this bodes well for Amendment 64.

Rasmussen Reports released the results of its latest survey late last week:

A solid majority of voters nationwide favor legalizing and regulating marijuana similar to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are currently regulated. Most also don’t believe it should be a crime for people to smoke marijuana in the privacy of their own homes.

A new national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows that 56% favor legalizing and regulating marijuana in a similar manner to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are regulated. Thirty-six percent (36%) are opposed to such a legalizing and regulating pot. (To see survey question wording, click here.)