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By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto A recent CBS News poll shows support for legalizing marijuana is higher than ever. Sixty-one percent of Americans think marijuana use should be legal, a five-point increase from last year and the highest percentage ever recorded in this poll. Eighty-eight percent favor medical marijuana use. Seventy-one percent oppose the federal governmentrsquo efforts to stop marijuana sales and its use in states that have legalized it, including oppos stanley botella ition from most Republicans, Democrats, and independents. Sixty-five percent think marijuana islessdangerous than most other drugs. And only 23 percent think legalizing marijuana leads to an increase violent crime. More generally on the topic of drug abuse, 69 percent think that should be treated as an addiction and mental health problem rather than a criminal offense. Marijuana legalization support over the years Support for legal marijuana continues to climbThe belief that pot should be l stanley cup egal has reached a new high in CBS News polls. Sixty-one percent of Americans now say the it should be, a five-point increase from a year ago. This sentiment has incr stanley website eased each year wersquo;ve measured it since 2013, with the turning point to majority support coming in 2014. Back in 1979, t Tnxt Pelosi and Hoyer Speak Out Against Town Hall Disruptions
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing and Dan Furman of the CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capit caneca stanley al.Tuesday s Headlines* New CBS/NYT Poll shows Bush and Kerry Neck and Neck * Kerry s Day* Convention Lineups Show Different Priorities * Kerry Scores Points with Labor* Race in Florida Heats UpBush and Kerry Neck and Neck: Despite concerns about his handling of Iraq, and his lowest overall approval rating of 42%, George Bush is still running neck and neck with John Kerry as the choice of registered voters, a new CBS/New York Times poll shows. Kerry is the choice of 45% of registered voters, while Bush is the choice of 44%. This is a sharp turnaround for the Bush campaign in the span of just one month; in May, Kerry had open stanley vattenflaska ed up a wide 8-point lead over Bush. Kerry continues to do well with independents, holding a lead 44% to 37% for Bush ndash; though Bush has cut into that margin: last month Kerry was up 16 points. When independent candidate Ralph Nader is stanley mug included, he draws 5%, leaving 42% for Kerry and 43% for Bush.Although the poll was conducted before the transfer of power in Iraq, respondents showed they were more likely to believe Bush would do a better job than Kerry in steering the nation through a foreign crisis, and protecting it from future attacks. But the New York Times points out that Support for Bush s abilities in those areas has declined in recent month
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto A recent CBS News poll shows support for legalizing marijuana is higher than ever. Sixty-one percent of Americans think marijuana use should be legal, a five-point increase from last year and the highest percentage ever recorded in this poll. Eighty-eight percent favor medical marijuana use. Seventy-one percent oppose the federal governmentrsquo efforts to stop marijuana sales and its use in states that have legalized it, including oppos stanley botella ition from most Republicans, Democrats, and independents. Sixty-five percent think marijuana islessdangerous than most other drugs. And only 23 percent think legalizing marijuana leads to an increase violent crime. More generally on the topic of drug abuse, 69 percent think that should be treated as an addiction and mental health problem rather than a criminal offense. Marijuana legalization support over the years Support for legal marijuana continues to climbThe belief that pot should be l stanley cup egal has reached a new high in CBS News polls. Sixty-one percent of Americans now say the it should be, a five-point increase from a year ago. This sentiment has incr stanley website eased each year wersquo;ve measured it since 2013, with the turning point to majority support coming in 2014. Back in 1979, t Tnxt Pelosi and Hoyer Speak Out Against Town Hall Disruptions
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing and Dan Furman of the CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capit caneca stanley al.Tuesday s Headlines* New CBS/NYT Poll shows Bush and Kerry Neck and Neck * Kerry s Day* Convention Lineups Show Different Priorities * Kerry Scores Points with Labor* Race in Florida Heats UpBush and Kerry Neck and Neck: Despite concerns about his handling of Iraq, and his lowest overall approval rating of 42%, George Bush is still running neck and neck with John Kerry as the choice of registered voters, a new CBS/New York Times poll shows. Kerry is the choice of 45% of registered voters, while Bush is the choice of 44%. This is a sharp turnaround for the Bush campaign in the span of just one month; in May, Kerry had open stanley vattenflaska ed up a wide 8-point lead over Bush. Kerry continues to do well with independents, holding a lead 44% to 37% for Bush ndash; though Bush has cut into that margin: last month Kerry was up 16 points. When independent candidate Ralph Nader is stanley mug included, he draws 5%, leaving 42% for Kerry and 43% for Bush.Although the poll was conducted before the transfer of power in Iraq, respondents showed they were more likely to believe Bush would do a better job than Kerry in steering the nation through a foreign crisis, and protecting it from future attacks. But the New York Times points out that Support for Bush s abilities in those areas has declined in recent month