Athletes, celebrities, doctors and even school teachers. A new poll finds that most Americans just don’t care whether these people choose to consume cannabis in the privacy of their own homes.
That’s among the interesting results of a new national survey released on by Yahoo News and Marist College.
Overall, 56 percent of U.S. adults now think that marijuana use is socially acceptable.
The vast majority of Americans — 74 percent — say it makes no difference whether their favorite celebrity uses marijuana.
Other results from the new survey of American adults include:
52 percent were willing to admit to pollsters that they have tried marijuana.
41 percent prefer to consume cannabis with friends or people outside their families, while 31 percent like getting high alone.
60 percent of parents who consume cannabis say their children are aware of their use, and 54 percent have spoken directly to their kids about it. Forty-seven percent say they’ve shared marijuana with their adult kids or used it in front of them.
72 percent of adults who use marijuana say their parents know about it.
The most popular plash to stash marijuana is in a dresser drawer.
76 percent think tobacco is more of a health risk than marijuana and 72 percent view alcohol as more of a health risk than cannabis.
When it comes to medicine, 67 percent see prescription opioids as more risky than medical cannabis.
19 and a half years old is the average age at which Americans think people are old enough to make a decision about whether to use marijuana.
83 percent support legalizing medical cannabis.
Americans are more divided on the question of recreation legalization: 49 percent support and 47 percent oppose. (Other recent polls from Gallup, Pew, Quinnipiac University and others have found clear majorities in support of legalization.)
11 percent of regular marijuana users don’t support legalization.
65 percent think the Trump administration should continue the Obama-era policy of generally respecting state marijuana laws or loosen up even further, while 30 percent want the new president to crack down harder.
52 percent would approve of their bank investing in the marijuana industry.
51 percent would support their retirement fund investing in cannabis businesses.