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New poll has majority saying alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana

By Douglas A. Berman

This new report from Rasmussen, which is headlined "51% Rate Alcohol More Dangerous Than Marijuana," should give yet another boost toward efforts to legalize the (no-longer-?) wicked weed. Here are the basics: Fifty-one percent (51%) of American adults say alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 19% disagree and say pot is worse. But 25% say both are equally dangerous. Just two percent (2%) say neither is dangerous. Younger adults are more likely than their elders to view alcohol as the more dangerous of the two. Fifty-three percent (53%) of women say alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana, compared to 48% of men. Men by a two-to-one margin over women say pot is riskier, but women are more inclined to say both are dangerous...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 01, 2009 (boomark / email).