Civitas Poll Looks at Pot Legalization

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.