As Ohio activists work to collect a final batch of signatures needed to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s November ballot, a new poll shows that a majority of voters back the reform.
The USA TODAY Network/Suffolk University survey, published on Wednesday, found that about 59 percent of Ohioans support legalizing the possession and sale of cannabis for adults 21 and older. Just 35 percent are opposed.
Democrats were the most supportive of the policy change, at 77 percent, followed by independents, 63 percent of whom are on board. Among Republicans, however, just 40 percent back legalizing cannabis.
There was also majority support among voters in every age group, except for those over 65.
“This confirms what we’ve been saying all along: Regulating the possession and sale of marijuana to adults is popular in Ohio,” Tom Haren, spokesperson for the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA), told Marijuana Moment on Wednesday. “Ohioans recognize the regulated markets are better than unregulated markets.”
“They’ve seen that regulation has been successfully implemented in 20-plus states at this point. They know that, in Ohio, we know how to regulate the sale of marijuana,” he said. “We’re building off of an existing
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