Support for legalising marijuana in Australia nearly doubles over six years
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More than 40% of Australians back legalisation of cannabis for personal use, National Drug Strategy Household Survey finds.
The nationally representative surveys, last conducted in 2019, have been collating data on drug use and attitudes every two to three years since 1985.
A review of the survey data showed that 41.1% of respondents supported the legalisation of cannabis for personal use in 2019 – a significant rise from 25.5% in 2013.
Don Weatherburn, a professor at the University of NSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and a co-author of the analysis, said the increase may be linked to growth in marijuana use.
The proportion of people who say they have used cannabis at some point in their lifetime has increased slightly over the last 20 years: 33.5% in 2001 up to 38.1% in 2019.
“It’s gradually become more prevalent, probably because the law has become less draconian,” Weatherburn said. “Most states now have some form of cannabis cautioning scheme, which makes the drug somewhat less stigmatised than it had been back in the 80s and 90s.
“It’s also partly true that the people who first tried cannabis are now in positions of authority in and around government and major institutions,” he said, citing the US, “where they had very harsh laws against cannabis to a situation now where you can legally sell it in many of the American states”.
While the researchers found strong support for legalising marijuana for personal use, their analysis showed that support for other illicit drugs was much lower.
“Support for legalising ecstasy and cocaine, although still low, has risen significantly since 2013,” Weatherburn said. In 2019, the proportions of people who wanted to legalise ecstasy and cocaine were 9.5% and 8.1% respectively.
Originally published here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/29/support-for-legalising-marijuana-in-australia-nearly-doubles-over-six-years
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