{"id":4362,"date":"2021-12-15T04:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=4362"},"modified":"2021-12-15T07:57:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:57:03","slug":"texas-republicans-favor-marijuana-legalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/texas-republicans-favor-marijuana-legalization\/","title":{"rendered":"A Slight Majority of Texas Republicans Favor Marijuana Legalization"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S appears to have turned some sort of corner in the debate about marijuana legalization. First, congressional Republicans said they wanted to decriminalize marijuana at the national level. Now, a new poll finds a slight majority of Republicans in Texas, perhaps the reddest of all red states, backs legalization of weed.<\/p>\n

In fact, a majority of all Texas not only favor weed legalization, but also other progressive causes such as mandatory racial bias training for police officers and prosecuting officers those who use excessive force. It\u2019s the latest sign that things are changing in Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The survey asked Texans about nine proposed criminal justice reforms, including \u201clegalize sale and use of marijuana.\u201d In all, 67 percent of all Texans supported the idea, a number on par with national survey numbers<\/a> from Gallup. While voters in red and blue states disagree on many issues, marijuana legalization apparently is not one of them.<\/p>\n

Legalization has support across the political spectrum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Researchers from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University conducted the survey<\/a> of 2,067 Texans in early October. On the marijuana issue, 67 percent of respondents favored legalization, while 33 percent opposed it. By political affiliation, support came from Democrats (79 percent), independents (70 percent) and Republicans (51 percent).<\/p>\n

While support from those who identify as Republican was narrow, it also mirrors the support from among Republicans for marijuana legalization in national surveys.<\/p>\n

The survey also broke down support from marijuana legalization by different groups other than political affiliation. For example, legalization is favored by Black people (79 percent), Latinos (69 percent) and white people (65 percent). Legalization also received support across generations, including Generation Z (77 percent), Millennials (79 percent), and Generation X (71 percent). Among Baby Boomers in Texas, 50 percent supported legalization.<\/p>\n

The survey provides an interesting look at the nation\u2019s most conservative state<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Texas certainly has earned its reputation as a leader among the red states on a wide range of conservative issues. The second largest state in the union, Texas\u00a0 does not have legal adult-use marijuana and only offers a limited medical marijuana program.<\/p>\n

However, the new survey found that a majority of Texans support criminal justice reform tied to progressive causes.<\/p>\n