Jan. 31, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 Francis.deluca@nccivitas.org
RALEIGH – The latest Civitas Poll of 600 registered North Carolina voters was conducted Jan. 23 and 25-26, and has an error margin of plus/minus 4 percent.
Text of Questions *
Several states have legalized the use of marijuana for recreational use. With that in mind, would you support or oppose North Carolina legalizing the recreational use of marijuana?
38% Total Support
56% Total Oppose
23% Strongly Support
16% Somewhat Support
7% Somewhat Oppose
49% Strongly Oppose
6% Don’t Know/ No Opinion
Legislation has been introduced in Congress to legalize marijuana nationally. Would you support or oppose the nation-wide legalization of marijuana for recreational use?
38% Total Support
57% Total Oppose
24% Strongly Support
14% Somewhat Support
7% Somewhat Oppose
50% Strongly Oppose
5% Don’t Know/ No Opinion
If marijuana is legalized for recreational use do you believe that this will lead to a wider use of all drugs?
52% Yes
44% No
4% Don’t Know/ Need More Info
Some experts say that use of marijuana can trigger mental health problems such as schizophrenia, anxiety and depression as well as triggering acute psychotic episodes, especially in young people. They say it also can damage the heart and lungs. Do you think that legalization of marijuana for recreational use will lead to more mental and physical problems for users and negatively impact society?
49% Yes
42% No
9% Don’t Know/ Need More Info
*Due to rounding, subtotals may differ from final sums.
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This poll of 600 registered voters in North Carolina was conducted Jan. 23 and 25-26, 2014 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ. All respondents were part of a fully representative sample of registered general election voters in North Carolina. Twenty-five percent of the respondents were cell phone-only users. For purposes of this study, voters interviewed had to have voted in at least one of the past two general elections (2010, 2012) or be newly registered to vote since November 7, 2012.The confidence interval associated with a sample of this size is such that: 95 percent of the time, results from 600 interviews (registered voters) will be within +-4% of the “True Values.”
Civitas conducts the only regular live-caller polling of North Carolina voters. For more information on Civitas polling, see http://www.nccivitas.org/category/poll/.
The Civitas Institute is a policy institute based in Raleigh, N.C. More information is available at www.nccivitas.org, or contact Jim Tynen at (919) 834-2099 or james.tynen@nccivitas.org.
Atnor says
Really disappointing – I see this as a giant nanny state regulation *sigh*
I dont think this is an appropriate role for any government to be intervening on in it’s individual citizen’s lives.
Lonnie Webster says
Is this really how conservatives want their tax dollars spent?
Is this the government out of our lives Conservatives say they want?
How has this law been effective the last 40 years?