Smoking Weed Now More Morally Acceptable than Porn, Polygamy and Cloning Humans

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op

Cannabis consumers and supporters may be heartened by a new Gallup poll out of the U.S.

According to 70 per cent of the 1,028 U.S. adults polled by phone in May, smoking weed is now considered to be an acceptable moral behaviour. Only 28 per cent of respondents reported that consuming cannabis was morally unacceptable, notes Gallup’s latest Values and Beliefs poll.

For nearly 20 years, the Gallup poll has been keeping tabs on the moral acceptability of a range of issues. Encouragingly, the percentage of people who find smoking marijuana to be acceptable has climbed five points in just two years.

Digging into the specifics, 69 per cent of men and 70 per cent of women regard consuming cannabis as acceptable, as do 76 per cent of college graduates, the figures show.

As for age, the 18- to 34-year-old demographic is the most approving of cannabis use, with 77 per cent of respondents saying they find it morally acceptable. That number drops as the age increases, but even for respondents older than 55, the majority — 65 per cent — said they have no moral issues with cannabis consumption.

Liberals and conservatives, meanwhile, were not exactly on the same page with regard to weed’s moral acceptability. Broken down, 83 per cent of liberals responded that smoking weed was acceptable compared to just 51 per cent of conservatives, and 76 per cent of moderates.

That is in line with another Gallup survey from last year that found the majority of both liberals and conservatives support ending cannabis prohibition, according to Marijuana Moment. Still a big gap, but that included 51 per cent of Republicans and 76 per cent of Democrats.

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