LEGALIZING
MARIJUANA

Topics: Addiction; Bondage; Desires; Drugs

References: Romans 6:16; 8:5; 1 Peter 1:13–16; 2 Peter 2:19

Support for legalizing marijuana is at its highest level in more than thirty years, according to a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll.

The poll found that 34 percent of American adults favor legalizing marijuana use while 62 percent oppose it. That’s the most support for legalization since pollsters began asking the question in 1969.

Percentage of adults who say marijuana use should be legal:

1969 = 12

1972 = 15

1973 = 16

1977 = 28

1979 = 25

1980 = 25

1985 = 23

1995 = 25

2000 = 31

2001 = 34

—Dennis Cauchon, “Marijuana Attains Record Support,” USA Today (August 24, 2001)