Poll finds 61% of likely Colorado voters favor regulating marijuana like alcohol

According to a new poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports, the vast majority of Coloradans are ready to end marijuana prohibition and replace it with a more responsible system in which it is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol.

The survey of 500 likely voters in Colorado, conducted on June 6, 2012, found that:

Sixty-one percent (61%) of Likely Voters in Colorado favor legalizing marijuana if it is regulated the way alcohol and cigarettes are. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Centennial State shows that 27% of voters oppose legalization even with government regulation, while 12% are undecided.

Just a couple weeks ago, Rasmussen released the results of a national poll in which 56% of voters expressed support for regulating marijuana like alcohol. Just 36 percent said they were opposed. At the time, we noted that the national results bode well for Amendment 64 since Colorado is among the states with the most support for ending marijuana prohibition. Based on these latest state-specific results, it looks like that assumption was quite accurate.