More than a year into marijuana legalization in New Jersey, people say they’re definitely noticing the smell of cannabis—but most aren’t bothered by it, according to a new poll. The survey also shows that far more people believe driving under the influence of alcohol to be “very dangerous” than say the same about getting behind the wheel after consuming marijuana.
About half of adults in the state report having smelled marijuana from a neighboring house or apartment, according to the poll from Stockton University’s Hughes Center for Public Policy. But more respondents said they think the right to use legal marijuana in one’s own home (31 percent) is more important than the right not to have to smell cannabis being used by a neighbor (16 percent).
Nearly half of participants (46 percent) said they thought the two rights were equally important.
People aren’t smelling marijuana all the time, of course: 14 percent said they smelled it coming from a neighbor often, 15 percent said it happened sometimes and 21 percent said it was rare. Another 49 percent said they never smell neighbors’ cannabis consumption.
Meanwhile 57 percent of New Jersey adults said they’ve smelled marijuana in public places either often
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