The Cannabis-Tobacco Worm Turns
WASHINGTON – More Americans now support cannabis legalization than tobacco legality, according to two recent polls. That’s quite a turnaround for both tobacco, which used to be legal everywhere, and cannabis, which was legal nowhere until relatively recently. In a research brief it released in February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed 57.3 percent of American adults support prohibiting the sale of all tobacco products. The percentages varied little among demographic groups, with the exception of gender: 52.2 percent of male respondents supported banning tobacco products, while 62.2 percent of women supported a ban. No difference in support existed between annual household income groups. In addition, “Although support … was lower among people who reported current tobacco product use compared with those who did not, … more than one-quarter of [tobacco users] supported prohibiting all tobacco product sales,” the report noted. A report from the Pew Research Ce...