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MAJORITY OF TEXANS SUPPORT MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, INCLUDING PLURALITY OF
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MAJORITY OF TEXANS SUPPORT MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, INCLUDING PLURALITY OF
REPUBLICAN VOTERS, POLL FINDS
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Three in five Texans, including a plurality of Republicans, support legalizing
marijuana, according to a new survey.
The Texas Lyceum Poll found that 60 percent of adults in the state back the
reform—a 14 percentage point increase compared to a 2015 survey they conducted
that asked about cannabis policy opinions. This round, 31 percent said they
oppose legalization and 10 percent said they were unsure.
Of the 31 percent of Texas adults who disagree with legalization, 42 percent
said they would at least support decriminalizing marijuana by making possession
punishable by a citation and fine, but 47 percent said they were against even
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“Taken together, 73 percent of Texans support either full legalization or
decriminalization of marijuana in Texas according to 2024 polling,” Lyceum said.
The survey revealed common demographic trends when it comes to legalization,
with support weakest among those aged 65+ (49 percent), Republicans (49 percent)
and self-described conservatives (46 percent). Support was strongest among
Democrats (72 percent) and people aged 30-44 (71 percent).
The poll involved interviews with 1,200 Texas adults, including 926 registered
voters, from April 12-21. The margin of error was +/- 2.83 percentage points.
Despite the statewide majority support for legalization, voters in the city of
Lubbock rejected a local decriminalization initiative at the ballot earlier this
month.
The city was the the first community to consider the reform on the ballot
following Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) legal actions against five
other Texas cities with voter-approved decriminalization laws.
“Local communities such as towns, cities and counties, they don’t have the
authority to override state law,” Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said late last month. “If
they want to see a different law passed, they need to work with their
legislators. Let’s legislate to work to make sure that the state, as a state,
will pass some of the law.”
He said it would lead to “chaos” and create an “unworkable system” for voters in
individual cities to be “picking and choosing” the laws they want abide by under
state statute.
Abbott has previously said that he doesn’t believe people should be in jail over
marijuana possession—although he mistakenly suggested at the time that Texas had
already enacted a decriminalization policy to that end.
Meanwhile, activists with Ground Game Texas and Texas Cannabis Collective have
been collecting signatures to place local marijuana decriminalization
initiatives on the November ballot in two more cities: Dallas and Lockhart.
In general, the measures that have already been enacted in Austin, Denton,
Elgin, Harker Heights, Killeen and San Marcos prevent police from making arrests
or issuing citations for Class A or B misdemeanor cannabis possession offenses,
unless it’s part of a high priority felony investigation for narcotics or
violent crime.
In November, Ground Game released a report that looked at the impacts of the
marijuana reform laws. It found that the measures will keep hundreds of people
out of jail, even as they have led to blowback from law enforcement in some
cities. The initiatives have also driven voter turnout by being on the ballot,
the report said.
Another cannabis decriminalization measure that went before voters in San
Antonio last May was overwhelmingly defeated, but that proposal also included
unrelated provisions to prevent enforcement of abortion restrictions.
At the state-level last year, the Texas House of Representatives passed a series
of bills to decriminalize marijuana, facilitate expungements and allow chronic
pain patients to access medical cannabis as an opioid alternative. But they
ultimately stalled out in the Senate, which has been a theme for cannabis reform
measures in the conservative legislature over several sessions.
The House passed similar cannabis decriminalization proposals during the past
two legislative sessions, in 2021 and 2019.
Separately, a Texas Democratic senator brought the issue of marijuana
legalization to the Senate floor last May, seeking to attach to an unrelated
resolution an amendment that would’ve allowed Texans to vote on ending
prohibition at the ballot box. But the symbolic proposal was ultimately shut
down. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) agreed to another member’s point of order,
deeming the cannabis amendment not germane to the broader legislation.
Another poll released in 2022 found that nearly three in four Texas voters (72
percent) support decriminalizing marijuana. More than half (55 percent),
meanwhile, said they’re in favor of broader legalization. Seventeen percent said
it shouldn’t be legal at all.
Last March, the same institution similarly showed that a majority of Texas
voters feel that the state’s marijuana laws should be “less strict.”
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