Louisiana has a reputation for being a conservative state, and that especially true if social/lifestyle issues are involved. The extent to which voters want to relax existing marijuana laws is an issue JMC has polled several times in Louisiana and once in Michigan (the Michigan poll can be found here).

JMC was recently engaged by the Louisiana Association for Therapeutic Alternatives (LATA) to poll public opinion about marijuana legalization (and related issues). There are three takeaways: (1) Public opinion about marijuana usage continues to trend in the direction of less restrictions, (2) this strong support for relaxing marijuana laws is consistent across nearly every identifiable demographic group, and (3) any differences in opinion there are primarily driven by the age of the respondent.

The marijuana poll can be found here.