According to a new PPP poll for the Marijuana Policy Project, the people of Washington D.C. overwhelming support marijuana legalization. If a legalization initiative, like the ones on the ballot last year in Colorado and Washington State, was to be placed on the ballot in the District it would be supported by 63 percent of [...]

An overwhelming 63 percent of voters in the state of Vermont support reducing the penalty for simple marijuana possession to a small fine, according to new polling of registered voters by PPP for the Marijuana Policy Project. From MPP: Current Vermont law provides for a jail term of up to six months and a fine [...]

A majority, 52 percent, of Rhode Island voters would support legalizing marijuana and having it taxed and regulated in a manner similar to alcohol according to a new PPP poll sponsored by the Marijuana Policy Project. Just 41 percent of voters in the state would oppose this change. In addition, the poll found an impressive [...]

With the state legislature of Maryland seriously considering moving forward with a medical marijuana bill, the Marijuana Policy Project commissioned a poll from PPP to determine the level of support among voters in the state. Not surprisingly, the idea of allowing the seriously ill to legally access medical marijuana is overwhelmingly popular in the state, [...]

Cross your fingers: things aren’t looking too bad for Arizona’s medical marijuana ballot initiative. Initially down by more than 7,000 votes on Election Night, Prop 203 is now down by less than 4,500 votes as hundreds of thousands of ballots are counted.