Kusukela okhethweni lwangenyanga edlule, ezinye izifundazwe ezine zivotele ukwenqabela insangu ukusetshenziswa kwezokwelapha nokuzilibazisa, okulethe isamba esikhulu ezifundazweni ezingu-8 ezigunyaze insangu yokuzijabulisa (9, kuhlanganise neWashington DC).
I-Harris Poll ibuyekeze isihloko sensangu esemthethweni kule nyanga futhi yathola ukuthi, noma kunezifundazwe eziningi ezijoyina inhlangano esemthethweni, imizwa yaseMelika isalokhu ifana kusukela yagcina ukubonakala ngoFebhuwari 2015.
Inhlolovo yakamuva iveze ukuthi cishe abantu abadala abayisi-8 kwabayi-10 bayakweseka ukugunyazwa kwensangu yokwelashwa (82% 2016; 81% 2015), kuyilapho uhhafu wabantu baseMelika besekela ukugunyazwa kwensangu ukusetshenziswa kokuzijabulisa (50%; 49% ngokulandelana). Bangaphezudlwana nje kwabangu-2 kwabangu-5 abadala (42%) abaphikisana nokugunyazwa kwensangu ukuze isetshenziswe ukuzithokozisa, ikakhulukazi labo abaneminyaka engama-65 nangaphezulu (56% bayaphikisana).
Lena eminye yemiphumela ye-The Harris Poll yabantu abadala base-US abangu-2,054 abaneminyaka engu-18+ abahlolwe ku-inthanethi phakathi kukaDisemba 8 no-12, 2016.
Izinqumo, izinqumo
Whether or not you believe marijuana should be legalized for any reason, there is a larger question also at hand: who should decide whether or not to legalize the substance, the federal government on behalf of all states or state governments each for themselves? Just over a third of adults feel the decision should be made at the federal level (35% in 2016 and 2015), but the number who favor the states retaining the right to make this decision has increased from 44% in 2015 to 48% now.
Ch-ch-ch-izinguquko
Uma insangu bekufanele ibe semthethweni, inamandla okuba nemithelela engaphezulu kakhulu koshintsho olulula lwezomthetho. Cishe abayisikhombisa kwabayishumi abadala bakholelwa ukuthi insangu esemthethweni izoholela ekwenyukeni kwemali yentela (71%), inani lensangu esetshenzisiwe (71%), kanye nenani labasebenzisi bensangu (69%). Ngaleso sikhathi, cishe abayisithupha kwabayishumi balindele ukwanda kwezokuvakasha ezifundazweni lapho ukusetshenziswa kwensangu kwezokungcebeleka kusemthethweni (64%) kanye nokungaguquguquki okukhulu/okujwayelekile kwensangu esetshenziswa (57%).
Imiphumela yokusetshenziswa kotshwala
When it comes to the potential impact of marijuana legalization on alcohol consumption, most regular drinkers (adults ages 21+ who drink alcohol at least several times a year), say that marijuana legalization would not impact their personal consumption of alcoholic beverages. 81% of regular beer and spirit drinkers and 85% of regular wine drinkers say that legalization of marijuana would not impact, or has not impacted (for those states where it has already been legalized), their consumption of alcohol. Of the balance, more say they will decrease their alcohol consumption than say they will increase their consumption.
Kodwa-ke, ngokukaDanny Brager, u-SVP we-Nielsen's Beverage Alcohol Practice, “Kuyaphawuleka kakhulu ukuthi abanye abantu abathengayo - phakathi kwezigaba ezahlukene zeminyaka, amaqembu aholayo, kanye nobulili - baphendule ngamanani abaluleke kakhulu ukuthi ukuphuza kwabo utshwala kungase kube nomthelela. ngokusemthethweni insangu. Ngokwezinga okuthi ezinye zalezi zibalo zabathengi zibaluleke kakhulu esigabeni ngasinye sesiphuzo sabadala, ukugunyazwa kwensangu ngokusemthethweni kungase kube nomthelela omubi ekuphuzeni utshwala.”
