According to a new Meredith College Poll, a strong majority of voters in North Carolina support making medical marijuana legal.
The Meredith Poll, conducted in early February, gauged North Carolina voters’ opinions on policy ideas advanced by President Donald Trump, political issues in North Carolina, and voter approval of elected officials.
“Although a law legalizing medical marijuana has not passed the North Carolina General Assembly, despite repeated efforts in recent sessions, it is likely to emerge again in 2025”, states the poll’s authors. “It was recently called the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act and would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana for a number of physical and mental conditions.”
Meredith College says that “Public support for such a bill has historically been strong. A large majority of North Carolinians (71%) support the passage of this type of bill with only 17 percent of our respondents being opposed. A majority of every demographic group in the state, even those that self-identify as the most conservative residents, support such legislation.”
Meredith Poll Director David McLennan says “North Carolina is one of a handful of states without some form of legal medical marijuana. With the public strongly behind such a law and most within the medical community supporting this legislation, it seems like this might be a good time to pass such a bill”.
