Nearly One-Fifth Of Hungarians Support Legalising Marijuana

  • 7 Jul 2017 9:10 AM
Nearly One-Fifth Of Hungarians Support Legalising Marijuana
Nearly one-fifth of Hungarians support the legal, regulated sale of marijuana, according to a fresh survey by the Nézőpont Institute commissioned by the tabloid Blikk.
Fully 73% of the survey’s respondents said they opposed legalising the sale of marijuana compared with 18%, who were in favour of it. Altogether 11% of respondents told Nézőpont that they had experimented with marijuana at some point in their life. The survey found that there is currently no social group whose majority favours legalising the drug. Legal marijuana use has the highest support among 18-29 year olds, with 34% of this age group backing it. Fully 28% of Budapest residents think selling marijuana should be made legal, as do 39% of self-declared “upper-class” Hungarians. Among those who have tried marijuana, 57% support its legalisation compared with 33% who are against it. Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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