Polls show continued shift toward medical marijuana acceptance in Missouri

ST. LOUIS – Last week, the St. Louis Business Journal conducted an informal online pollasking readers if they would vote to legalize medical marijuana in Missouri. An overwhelming 85 percent of respondents said “yes,” with only 13 percent answering in the negative.

The results caught some attention, especially from people working on the issue, because the Business Journal’s readership, both in print and online, tends to skew older, wealthier and more conservative.

While online polls are not necessarily the best marker for accuracy, this response, and others like it, could be signalling a rising tide of pro-marijuana sentiment in Missouri, at least in the state’s urban areas. KTVI, St. Louis’ Fox affiliate, did a similar poll in April and found that 70 percent of voters were in favor of full legalization for recreational purposes and another 25 percent supported medicinal marijuana. Only five percent of respondents opposed any level of legalization. The same thing...

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