New CNN Poll Finds Americans' Support For Legal Weed Is Soaring
Jan 7, 2014, 06:54 IST
A new CNN poll has found that 55% of Americans surveyed believe that pot should be legal - a sharp increase from the past decades.
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The number of Americans who supported pot in 1987 was just 16%, according to CNN. It has steadily been increasing since then and was up to 43% two years ago.
The major groups that still oppose legal marijuana are the elderly, Republicans, and people from the South. Not surprisingly, the Northeast had the most support for pot, with 60% of those questioned in that region saying they supported legalizing the drug.