Zogby Poll: Majority Support for Taxing and Regulating Marijuana on the West Coast

By Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. Posted February 20, 2009.

58% of West Coast respondents agreed that marijuana should be "taxed and regulated like alcohol and cigarettes."

Support for taxing and regulating marijuana has climbed above 50% on the West Coast, according to a national poll of 1,053 registered voters. The poll was conducted by Zogby International and was commissioned by California NORML and Oakland's Oaksterdam University.

The poll found that 58% of West Coast respondents agreed that marijuana should be "taxed and regulated like alcohol and cigarettes." Only 36% of West Coast respondents disagreed.

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