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What Does the Public Think About Legalizing Marijuana?

Over the past 20 years there has been a 60% decline in the percentage of young people who think marijuana should be legalized. The college freshmen and age 21-29 groups showed a decrease from about 50% favoring legalization in the late 1970s to about 20% favoring in 1990. However, in the past 3-4 years the percentage in favor of legalization is increasing, most sharply among freshmen.