What do American people think about drug legalization?
Social axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
38% of American respondents take the position “Taking drugs for fun should no longer be a crime.”, against 44% for “Taking drugs for fun should stay against the law.”, with 18% choosing neither. n = 111, margin of error ±9.4, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on social
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Homicides
UNODC · 2023
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5.8 per 100,000 |
somewhat above the middle
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Life expectancy
UN World Population Prospects · 2024
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78.9 years |
somewhat above the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on drug legalization
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Taking drugs for fun should stay against the law.
B · Taking drugs for fun should no longer be a crime.
World, unweighted: 44% A ·
20% neither ·
36% B · n = 3927
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38% B 🇺🇸 n=111 |
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Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on drug legalization
- Drug legalization poll the united states
- What do american people think about drug legalization
- What percentage of american people support drug legalization
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.