According to the results of new polling, the vast majority of voters in Massachusetts believe the state’s marijuana legalization law has had positive results.
For the first question, participants were asked; “In 2016, voters in Massachusetts legalized the adult use of marijuana. Today there are dispensaries where adults can purchase marijuana products. Do you think that legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts was the right decision or the wrong decision?”
65% said they believe it was the right decision, with 22% saying it was the wrong decision. 13% said they were undecided or they refused to answer.
When asked if marijuana should be made legal nationwide, 69% said they support it, with 24% opposed.
When asked “How do you think the state’s system for regulating the sale of marijuana products has been going so far?”, 20% said “Excellent”, 39% said “Good”, 20% said “Fair”, and just 9% said “Poor”.
The poll also found that 75% are in support of Governor Healey’s recent decision to pardon hundreds of thousand of past marijuana offenses.
About the poll
These results are based on a survey of 1,001 Massachusetts residents. Responses were collected via online survey interviewing April 4 – 17, 2024. The data were weighted to reflect known and estimated population parameters for race, age and gender, education, geography, and political party. Population targets were based on 5-year estimates from the American Community Survey. Party identification was estimated using MPG survey data. The credibility interval for this survey is +/- 3.4 percentage points for the entire sample, including the design effect. All surveys are potentially subject to non-sampling error. This project was conducted by The MassINC Polling Group.
