Albuquerque Journal Poll: New Mexico voters back legal marijuana

By nearly a 2-1 ratio, New Mexico voters say they would support legislation to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana sales to adults, according to a Journal Poll.

A majority of voters in all five geographic areas of the state – from liberal north-central New Mexico to the more conservative eastside – say they would support a measure to legalize marijuana.

Brian Sanderoff, president of Research & Polling Inc., which conducted the survey, said the results reflect a broader change in public opinion over the years on a variety of social issues.

“Imagine asking this question 10 years ago in eastern New Mexico,” Sanderoff said in an interview. “We would have found support levels much lower in these conservative strongholds.”

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