According to a recently released poll, a majority of Arizonans support the legalization of marijuana.

The Behavior Research Center’s latest Rocky Mountain Poll found that 53 percent of Arizonans support making possession of a small amount of marijuana legal for personal use, while 39 percent opposed.

Support was strong in all three geographical areas surveyed by the poll: 53 to 38 in Maricopa County; 47 to 43 in Pima County; and 58 to 38 in rural Arizona.

“Arizonans are fed up with the failed policy of marijuana prohibition,” said a member of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, which is supporting a statewide ballot initiative to end marijuana prohibition in Arizona and replace it with a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol.

“They do not think adults should be punished just for consuming a substance that is objectively less harmful than alcohol. It’s time for a more sensible approach, and that’s what our initiative proposes. The poll reflects what we’re finding out on the street while collecting signatures. We’re finding that most voters agree it’s time for a more sensible marijuana policy in Arizona. Even those folks who are still on the fence seem to agree that our current prohibition laws aren’t working.”

The campaign has collected more than 15,000 signatures since launching its petition drive a month ago. It must gather more than 150,000 valid signatures of registered Arizona voters to qualify the initiative for the November 2016 ballot.

This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2015.

6 replies on “Poll Grow”

  2. There are two proposals gaining steam. One is the lets” Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol” which is MPP’s version. This version completely dismantles the Medical Marijuana program. It will have no medical protections or discoveries as it will be treated like a well drink shot. Completely eliminates employment, landlord property . Basically it builds a huge department made up of ex law enforcement, dispensary owners, grow facilities, intellectual property copy writes, that want to build themselves a nice cushy civil servant protected monopoly. Do we really need another McCain Kemper Marley dynasty in the state? MPP’s is a Washington based political action committee (PAC). Public relations is part and parcel of the actions they have been retained paid for by law enforcement from confiscated civil actions & dispensary owners

    Then there is Arizona for mindful regulations http://azfmr.com/
    This is a group of local people that want to give more freedom to the new marijuana market. check f the link for the differences between the two. Regulated marijuana does nothing for me a step in the wrong direction.

  3. bslap ; I agree lets get this done ! and done right !
    “REGULATE MARIJUANA LIKE ALCOHOL” is not the right course

  4. If the poll results are accurate, support is probably not high enough (pun not intended) to get voters to vote to legalize. People who oppose things like same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization tend to show up to vote in large numbers, and of course stoners don’t tend to show up in large numbers for anything. Additionally, the big 5 opponents of marijuana legalization – private prisons, big pharma, the beer/liquor/wine industry, police unions, and prison guard unions, will fund commercials that succeed in at least confusing enough people to make them (a) not show up to vote, (b) not vote on that particular proposition, or (3) actually vote against it. (Most people who are unsure about ballot propositions vote against them.)

  5. Colorado’s Supreme court ruled in an unanimous decision that an employer can terminate you for the presence of Cannabinol’s in your system. This give the employer control over your medical as opposed to a Medical Doctor. This is the problem with Medical Marijuana as opposed to recreational. So many want to list pain and anxiety associated in the same medical treatment as spastic involuntary muscle as well as neuropathy associated with Diabetes. All of the neurological focused peer studies even some reviewed by the UofA have shown great promise.

    An old saying ” don’t throw the baby out with the bath water”. This was started because in earlier times when the WEEKLY bath was prepared the first to take a bath was father the dirtiest. The last to take a bath the was the baby the cleanest. It is still this kind of thinking on the study of Medical Marijuana for so many. It is a shame the provider’s of the marijuana “lottery winners” now consider themselves the foremost authority of it’s use and administration.

    Wither or not you are for legalization is that really the target focus of Medical Marijuana. Is Medical Marijuana the vehicle to balance the educational disparities associated with spending? I for one don’t see a honest approach on either side. Both the supply and the enforcement unfortunately are supply driven markets thriving for sustainability. It is my belief we can be ahead of the curve by using our land grant Universities for medical and our climate for Hemp by canvasing the legislature to be proactive ahead of any Department of Marijuana proposal.

  6. Your numbers mean nothing. Focus now if you can. AS long as it is illegal under FEDERAL law you can be procecuted. It does not make it a legal activity regardless of your a card holder or if they even make a recreational law. State might not prosecute you but the federal courts can. So get over it

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