9 in 10 Americans want cannabis to be legal, but comparatively few actually partake in it

Americans overwhelmingly support cannabis being legal for medical or recreational use, and public support for legalization has skyrocketed over the past two decades, according to research newly compiled by the Pew Research Center. Interestingly, however, fewer than half of Americans say they have ever used cannabis and a far smaller number partake in it regularly, according to Pew's data roundup. Those statistics and more are part of a recent examination of U.S. residents' views on marijuana that Pew based on its own surveys and other sources.