In Gallup's 2020 poll, what share of Americans supported legalizing marijuana?
Answer68%
Support hit some of its highest recorded levels around 2020, before easing slightly in more recent polls.
Source: Gallup (2020) news.gallup.com
Health · Facts & sources
5 sourced facts about marijuana (cannabis), each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer68%
Support hit some of its highest recorded levels around 2020, before easing slightly in more recent polls.
Source: Gallup (2020) news.gallup.com
Answer58%
By 2015, a majority of Americans supported legalization for the first time in Gallup's decades of polling on the issue.
Source: Gallup (2015) news.gallup.com
Answer41 states plus territories and D.C.
Medical marijuana laws are far more widespread than recreational ones, covering the large majority of U.S. states.
Source: Wikipedia, Legality of cannabis (2025) en.wikipedia.org
Answer44%
Support for legalization was still a minority position in 2009, though it had already climbed significantly from prior decades.
Source: Gallup (2009) news.gallup.com
Answerabout 151,000 jobs
Canada's legal cannabis industry became a meaningful source of employment within just a few years of legalization.
Source: Wikipedia, Legality of cannabis (2023) en.wikipedia.org