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Latest poll suggests positive buzz surrounding California's marijuana legalization proposition

By Douglas A. Berman

The local story, which is headlined "Marijuana legalization measure gets big lift,"  reports on the latest polling on California's various ballot initiatives this election season. Here is how it begins: In a dramatic shift of sentiment, nearly half of California's likely voters now want to legalize marijuana use in the state, according to a new Field Poll. "The numbers have flipped (on Proposition 19) since our July poll," said Mark DiCamillo, the poll's director. "That's a major change in the direction of public feelings on legalizing marijuana." The survey results being released today are especially meaningful since the first ballots for the Nov. 2 election will be cast in a little more than a week from now, starting Oct. 4. The poll also found that voters remain strongly opposed to Proposition 23, which would suspend AB32, the state law limiting greenhouse gas emissions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 26, 2010 (boomark / email).