Two-thirds of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, the highest percentage ever in Gallup's ongoing decades-long series of national polls on the topic. When Gallup first polled Americans on legal marijuana in 1969, just 12 percent said they were in favor. Just 45 percent of Republicans told Gallup this year that they oppose making cannabis legal, a four-point drop from 2017. Legal marijuana support is also at an all-time-high among Democrats—75 percent—and independents, who are on board to the tune of 71 percent. Earlier this month the Pew Research Center, for example, found that 62 percent of Americans support ending marijuana prohibition.

Source: Forbes October 22, 2018 16:01 UTC