Poll Finds 52% Support for Legalizing Cannabis in Utah

In a recent poll of Utah residents, 52% of respondents said they would vote for a citizen-led cannabis legalization initiative. A recent poll of Utah citizens found that a slight majority of respondents — 52% — would vote for an adult-use cannabis legalization initiative, FOX 13 News reports.

Noble Predictive Insights conducted the poll earlier this month of 609 registered Utah voters with a margin of error of +/- 3.97%. The poll was commissioned by the newly formed medical cannabis advocacy group Keep Utah Medical, which advocates against legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state in order to protect patients and preserve the practices of the Utah medical cannabis program.

Keep Utah Medical member Alex Iorg, who is also a co-founder of the medical cannabis operator Wholesome Co., said in the report that “it’s important to know where we are as a state.” Utah voters approved the state’s medical cannabis program in 2018 with 53% voter support, which nearly matches the support for adult-use cannabis demonstrated by this month’s poll. Meanwhile, another poll by Noble Predictive Insights conducted last October found just 50% voter support for legalizing adult-use cannabis in Utah.