CONNECTICUT – An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support legalizing marijuana for medical use, while a smaller majority also favors legalizing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use. That’s according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.
The poll shows that New Yorkers favor legalizing medicinal marijuana by a margin of 88 to 9 percent. The same poll also said that residents support legalizing pot for recreational use by a margin of 57 to 39 percent. Men tend to favor recreational use more than women, the young more than the old, and Democrats and independents more than Republicans. A narrow majority also said that they doubt that legalizing marijuana will lead to harder drug use. About half say marijuana is no worse than alcohol.
The poll surveyed 1,488 New York voters by phone from Feb. 6 to 10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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