Fifty-six percent of Americans say the use of marijuana should be legal - a new high, and a slight increase from a year ago. Now just 36 percent think it should not be legal, down seven points from last year.
Public opinion on legalizing pot has changed dramatically over the years. In 1979, just 27 percent said marijuana use should be legal. As recently as 2011, a slight majority of Americans opposed legalized marijuana use.
A majority of men continues to favor marijuana legalization (59 percent), and now most women favor it as well (54 percent).
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Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, Jennifer De Pinto, Sarah Dutton ~ CBSNews.com ~
