Medical marijuana support
October 27, 2015
More than 90% of Australians
believe the use of cannabis for
medical purposes should be
legalised, according to a study
conducted by Roy Morgan Research
last week.
The strong response came from
right across the community, the
polling firm said, with men and
women of different age groups
in states across the country all
supporting the move.
Interestingly the highest level of
support for legislation came from
the 50-plus age group where 94%
of respondents were in favour.
Just 7% were against legalising
the narcotic for medical purposes,
while 2% were undecided.
Roy Morgan ceo Michele Levine
said the results bode well for
the federal government’s plan to
legalise the growing of cannabis for
medicinal purposes (PD 19 Oct).
She said that unlike some
social issues, legalising medicinal
marijuana was also widely favoured
by voters of different political
persuasions and age groups.
Interestingly, the same telephone
survey found only about 33% of the
population believe that smoking of
marijuana for recreational purposes
should be legalised.
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