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America
Agrees: Allow Doctors to Prescribe Medical
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(4/02/01) –
The federal government should allow people to buy and sell marijuana for
medical purposes. That's the
sentiment in Colorado, according to an exclusive poll conducted by
SurveyUSA for television station KUSA
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Right now, it is legal
to use marijuana in the state of Colorado as long as a physician
prescribes it. However, according to federal law, it is not legal to buy
or sell marijuana in the United States for any
reason. | |||
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We
asked 500 adults in Colorado: Should the federal government allow people
to buy and sell marijuana for medical purposes? Or
not? | |||
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By
a margin of more than 2 to 1, adults in Colorado say the government should
allow the purchase and sale of marijuana for medical
purposes. | |||
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Younger
adults are more likely than older adults to support the buying and selling
of medical marijuana. Adults 55 and older favor it by 53%, adults 35-54
support it by 66%, and those18-34 advocate it by
71%. | |||
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Females and adults 55
and older are most likely to say that marijuana should not be bought and
sold in Colorado, even for medicinal reasons. | |||
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In three related polls
conducted in the Atlanta, San Diego and Austin DMAs, we asked 1,500 adults
whether they thought doctors should or should not be allowed to prescribe
marijuana. In exclusive polls
conducted for television stations WGCL (Atlanta), KGTV (San Diego) and
KVUE (Austin), we found: | |||
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69%
of Atlanta-area adults say that doctors should be permitted to prescribe
marijuana. | |||
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In
San Diego, 63% say that it should be legal for doctors to prescribe
marijuana. | |||
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71%
of adults in Austin say doctors should be allowed to prescribe
marijuana. | |||
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About
SurveyUSA: | |||
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SurveyUSA conducts scientific random-sample opinion research under long-term contract for the nation's largest media companies. SurveyUSA is America’s largest regional pollster. Millions of Americans see SurveyUSA data nightly on TV stations owned by or affiliated with ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. SurveyUSA is a registered trademark of Hypotenuse, Inc. | |||
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About
these 4 separate surveys: | |||
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SurveyUSA interviewed
by telephone 500 adults in the state of Colorado, and 500 adults each in
the Atlanta, San Diego and Austin DMA’s on 3/28/2001. Random sample was
provided by Survey Sampler. Results have been minimally weighted to adjust
for sample variations relating to age, gender, ethnic origin, and region.
In theory, if the identical survey were conducted 100 times, in 95 cases
the results would not differ by more than 4.1% in the Colorado, Atlanta,
and Austin surveys, and 4.5% in the San Diego survey. For smaller
subgroups, a larger margin of error applies. | |||
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