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- Tue, 10 Mar 2015 04:20:21 PST

Poll: Majority Says Keep Marijuana Sales Legal In Colorado

Denver, CO: Nearly six out of ten Coloradans say that they support keeping retail marijuana production and sales legal, according to statewide polling data provided by Quinnipiac University.

The figure is a five percent increase in support since voters approved the law in November 2012. A September 2014 statewide NBC News/Marist College poll previously reported that 55 percent of Coloradoans favored the law.

Men and younger voters were most likely to support legalization. Voters ages 18 to 34 overwhelmingly favored state law (86 percent to 16 percent) while 50 percent of those ages 55 and older opposed it. Male voters supported the legalization by a margin of 63 percent to 33 percent, while women favored the law by a margin of 53 percent to 44 percent.

According to newly released figures by the Colorado Department of Revenue, retail sales of marijuana totaled just under $700 million in Colorado in 2014 - the first full year during which sales of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes were allowed.


District Of Columbia: Lawmakers Enact Marijuana Depenalization Plan

Washington, DC: District of Columbia officials have implemented a voter-approved initiative depenalizing offenses involving the personal possession and/or cultivation of cannabis by adults.

The new municipal measure, which took effect last Thursday, permits adults to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and to cultivate up to six plants (no more than three mature at any one time) in one's primary residence without penalty. Not-for-profit transactions involving small amounts of the substance are also permitted.

Seventy percent of District voters in November decided in favor of the measure (Initiative 71).

For-profit sales of cannabis are prohibited under the law as is the retail production or distribution of the plant. The consumption of cannabis in public or on federal property is also prohibited, as is use of the plant inside any local business or social club. DC lawmakers enacted emergency legislation on Tuesday to impose the latter restrictions, which were not included in the initiative.

District officials moved forward with the measure's enactment despite threats from federal lawmakers that doing so violates the intent of Congress.


General Social Survey: Majority Of Americans Say Marijuana Should Be Legal

Chicago IL: The majority of Americans say that "the use of marijuana should be made legal," according to nationwide polling data provided by the General Social Survey. The GSS is a bi-annual scientific survey that collects data on social trends within the United States.

Fifty-two percent of respondents endorsed legalizing marijuana - an increase of nine percentage points since GSS pollsters asked the question in 2012. Forty-two percent of respondents said that they opposed the idea.

GSS pollsters have been tracking Americans' views regarding marijuana legalization since the early 1970s. In 1990, only 16 percent of respondents backed legalizing the plant. The just-reported 2014 survey data marks the first time that the General Social Survey has ever reported majority support for legalizing cannabis.

Separate national surveys by both Gallup and the Pew Research Center, among others, have previously documented that most Americans now favor legalizing the plant.


Jamaica: Lawmakers Sign Off On Ganja Decriminalization Measure

Kingston, Jamaica: Members of the Jamaican Parliament gave final approval last week to legislation amending the nation's marijuana policies.

The newly approved measure modifies the island's Dangerous Drugs Act so that the possession of up to two ounces of cannabis by an adult is reclassified as a non-criminal offense. Violators of the new law will receive a ticket and be mandated to pay a fine, but will not face criminal penalties. Public use of the substance will remain prohibited.

Separate provisions included within the law provide for the establishment of regulations allowing for the licensed production of cannabis for both therapeutic and industrial purposes. Additional provisions codify legal protections for those who use the plant for sacramental purposes.

Jamaican law had long defined cannabis use as a criminal act, despite the plant's popularity among both natives and tourists.


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