Poll: New Yorkers are high on legalizing marijuana | LoHud.com
Seventy-one percent of New Yorkers support making medical marijuana legal in the state, while voters have fizzled on a plan to tax soda and sugary drinks, a Quinnipiac Poll found Thursday.
Fourteen states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes, but while the measure has passed in the New York Assembly, it has not passed in the state Senate.
The proposal is supported in New York across political, racial and regional groups, Quinnipiac reported. Fifty-five percent of Republicans support it, compared to 78 percent of Democrats.
“It hasn't attracted a lot of attention, but New York state voters would like to emulate their New Jersey neighbors and approve medical use of marijuana,” Quinnipiac pollster Maurice Carroll said.
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