Only about a third of Americans think marijuana is dangerous, and less than half still believe the “gateway theory” that using cannabis makes people significantly more likely to try more dangerous drugs, according to a new poll.
The survey, released by Rasmussen Reports on Tuesday, asked U.S. adults how dangerous they think cannabis is.
Just over one out of three indicated they think marijuana is either somewhat (24 percent) or very dangerous (13 percent).
In contrast, a majority of respondents said cannabis is either not dangerous at all (27 percent) or not very dangerous (28 percent).
When asked how likely they believe it is that “marijuana use leads to the use of more dangerous drugs,” just 18 percent said it is very likely and 27 percent believe it is somewhat likely. Nineteen percent said it is not at all likely and 27 percent think it is not very likely, while 9 percent said they aren’t sure.
When broken down by party, Republicans are more likely to believe that marijuana is either somewhat or very dangerous (50 percent) than Democrats are (33 percent).
GOP voters are also more likely to buy the gateway theory about marijuana being very or somewhat likely
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