Marijuana legalization is becoming even more popular in Minnesota, according to a new poll that was conducted by officials with the the House of Representatives at the annual State Fair.
The survey, which is meant to inform lawmakers about where constituents stand on a number of policy issues, found that 61 percent of Minnesotans back legalizing cannabis for adult use. Thirty percent oppose legalization, with 8 percent saying they are undecided.
Support is up this year from 58 percent when the House Public Information Services polled fair goers on the issue last year. In 2019, the House poll found 56 percent support for legalization.
During the 2019 Minnesota State Fair, the Senate’s non-partisan information body also asked about cannabis and similarly found that 55 percent of respondents favor legalization.
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A Senate staffer told Marijuana Moment on Tuesday that the chamber did not include a marijuana-related question in its version of the fair poll this year, just as it hadn’t in 2021.
While the new House poll is non-scientific in that it didn’t use random sampling,
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