With the majority of states now having legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, a new poll signals that cannabis’s normalization has left many people feeling neutral about how the policy impacts society—though more say the reform has been “good” than believe it has been “bad.”
The poll from NBC News, which was conducted by SurveyMonkey, asked over 30,000 Americans about their views on a wide range of policy issues, including cannabis legalization.
“Thinking about the fact recreational marijuana is now legal in much of the country, do you think this is generally: 1) A good thing for society, 2) A bad thing for society or 3) Neither good nor bad,” the survey asks.
A 44 percent plurality said legalization was neither good nor bad, followed by 29 percent who said it was a good thing for society and 27 percent who said it was bad.
The pollsters also did a demographic breakout of the survey to focus on Gen Z adults aged 18-29. While a similar percentage (45 percent) expressed neutrality on the question of the societal impact of cannabis legalization, more of the younger generation (33 percent) said the policy is good for society. Another 23 percent said
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