One year after the sale of recreational cannabis was legalized in New Jersey, 78 percent of residents agree that its medicinal benefits outweigh potential risks and harms, and 58 percent said the same about the benefits of recreational use, according to a New Jersey State Policy Lab survey on attitudes toward cannabis.
The poll of 2,000 residents, which included a demographic breakdown, also revealed that more than half the respondents—55 percent—reported smoking weed at least once, according to survey data collected by the Eagleton Institute for the New Jersey State Policy Lab, both at Rutgers University. The report was authored by Charles E. Menifield, professor and dean emeritus of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark and Yong Chan Rhee, a doctoral student at Rutgers University-Newark.