Support for legalizing the use of psychedelics might relatively low today, according to a new survey from the RAND Corporation, but public opinion on the issue seems be closely following in the footsteps of the marijuana reform movement before the first states started enacting cannabis legalization.
As more states and localities, as well as Congress, see momentum around psychedelics reform, the poll that was released on Tuesday shows that Americans are currently feeling relatively tepid about the prospect of expanding access to hallucinogenic substances. However, there’s reason to believe that could change dramatically in the years to come if cannabis-related polling is any indication.
For now, just 23 percent of respondents said that psilocybin mushrooms should be legal, and even fewer (around 10 percent) expressed support for legalizing LSD or MDMA. By contrast, RAND’s data reaffirms that there’s strong majority support (65 percent) for the legalization of marijuana.
Of course, it’s relatively early in the push for psychedelics reform. And a look at the public opinion trajectory for cannabis may offer a window into what’s to come.
“Support for the legal use of psilocybin mushrooms is similar to what it was for cannabis in the mid-1990s—just before state medical cannabis
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