New Poll Reveals Majority of Texans Support Medical Marijuana

The recent Texas Tegna Poll shows that 71-percent of registered Texas voters support adding additional medical conditions to Texas’s medical marijuana program. In that poll, 11-percent claim that they are still undecided, reports KHOU.

Currently, in Texas, it is legal for patients with epilepsy to use marijuana oil for treatment, but no other medical conditions are approved in the state yet.

The political analyst for KHOU, Bob Stein, says, “The fact that even Republicans, by a margin of almost 71-percent, support marijuana uses for medicinal health reasons I think suggests that this is where you’re beginning to see the trend.”

Although Texans support the medical marijuana program, they do not want their state to move toward recreational legalization. Only 41-percent of those polled are in favor of recreational marijuana. Those opposing recreational legalization total 48-percent, leaving roughly 10-percent still undecided.

A similar poll, a Texas Lyceum Poll, conducted one year ago showed that voters were split nearly even on legalization. Legalization was favored slightly more with an even 50-percent in 2015. The polls do, however, display that the overall attitude toward marijuana in Texas is changing in a more positive direction.