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Women Are Stepping Up For Legalization
by Ellen Komp, Deputy Director of California NORML May 4, 2016
A new CBS poll released on 4/20 is the first to show majority female support for marijuana legalization in the US. Though still trailing the 59% of men who are in favor of legalization, 54% of women now say they support it too.
A new CBS poll released on 4/20 is the first to show majority female support for marijuana legalization in the US. Though still trailing the 59% of men who are in favor of legalization, 54% of women now say they support it too. Last years CBS poll found that only 43% of women were pro-legalization, versus 54% of men, an 11-point gap. This years poll narrows the gap to 5 points and represents an 11% jump in support from women in only one years time.
National polls in recent years have shown womens support for legalization as high as 48%, but always trailing mens approval by 8-13 points. Women are also around 15% less likely to admit that they have tried marijuana.
The same is true regionally: in Florida a 2015 Quinnipac poll found again 57% of men supported legalization and only 46% of women did. And if marijuana were to be legalized for recreational use in the state, 70 percent of women said they would definitely not use it, compared to 59 percent of men.
Similarly in Ohio, there was a 12% differential between men at 59% support and women at 47%; and 71 percent of women, and only 57 percent of men, said they would definitely not use legal marijuana.
But now perhaps we have reached a tipping point on women coming over to seeing the light of legalization. When I checked in January of this year, Cal NORMLs Twitter followers were 75% male, down from 85% a few months earlier; theyre now down to 66% male, a 20% drop in less than 6 months.
One reason for the shift, I think, is the increased number of female leaders at NORML chapters across the country, changing the perception of what a marijuana enthusiast looks like and giving women voters a greater comfort zone to voice their own support. A quick list of those leaders compiled by NORML Outreach Coordinator Kevin Mahmalji are:
Eleanore Ahrens Southeast Ohio NORML
Vera Allen Minnesota NORML
Trish Bertrand Springfield NORML
Roseann Boffa Los Angeles NORML
Cara Bonin Houston NORML
Jes Bossems Jefferson Area, Virginia NORML
Monica Chavez New Mexico NORML
Cynthia Ferguson Delaware NORML
Jax Finkle Texas NORML
Karen Goldstein Florida NORML
Kandice Hawes Orange County, California NORML
Laura Judy National Office
Jamie Kacz Kansas City NORML
Danielle Keane National Office
Ellen Komp California NORML
Jessica Lee Nacogdoches NORML
Jenni Morgan National Office
Cher Neufer Ohio NORML
Theresa Nightingale Pittsburgh NORML
Danica Noble NORML Women of Washington
Pam Novy Virginia NORML
Jenn Michelle Pedini Richmond NORML
Jordan Person Denver NORML
Sharron Ravert Peachtree, Georgia NORML
Carrie Satterwhite Wyoming NORML
Mary Smith Toledo NORML
Jessica Struzik Northern Wisconsin NORML
Danielle Vitale OBrien Miami Valley, Ohio NORML
Destiny Young San Antonio NORML
Women everywhere are getting the message. It is not as harmful as alcohol It also helps medical conditions as a more natural substitute to pharmaceuticals, one 46-year-old woman told Pew pollsters in 2015. I think crime would be lower if they legalized marijuana, said another woman, aged 62. It would put the drug dealers out of business.
Campaigns directed at women in states with legalization measures seem to have had an effect. Only 49 percent of women polled in favor of Colorados 2012 legalization measure, but 53 percent of them voted for it. The majority of women voters in Washington State also voted in favor of that states measure to legalize.
Many people are aware that women helped bring about alcohol prohibition in 1919. What many dont know is that women were also instrumental in repealing prohibition, notably Pauline Sabin, the Republican socialite for whom NORMLs award recognizing womens leadership is named. It seems that women are now also key in bringing about marijuana legalization.
http://blog.norml.org/2016/05/04/women-are-stepping-up-for-legalization/
Women Are Stepping Up For Legalization
by Ellen Komp, Deputy Director of California NORML May 4, 2016
A new CBS poll released on 4/20 is the first to show majority female support for marijuana legalization in the US. Though still trailing the 59% of men who are in favor of legalization, 54% of women now say they support it too.
A new CBS poll released on 4/20 is the first to show majority female support for marijuana legalization in the US. Though still trailing the 59% of men who are in favor of legalization, 54% of women now say they support it too. Last years CBS poll found that only 43% of women were pro-legalization, versus 54% of men, an 11-point gap. This years poll narrows the gap to 5 points and represents an 11% jump in support from women in only one years time.
National polls in recent years have shown womens support for legalization as high as 48%, but always trailing mens approval by 8-13 points. Women are also around 15% less likely to admit that they have tried marijuana.
The same is true regionally: in Florida a 2015 Quinnipac poll found again 57% of men supported legalization and only 46% of women did. And if marijuana were to be legalized for recreational use in the state, 70 percent of women said they would definitely not use it, compared to 59 percent of men.
Similarly in Ohio, there was a 12% differential between men at 59% support and women at 47%; and 71 percent of women, and only 57 percent of men, said they would definitely not use legal marijuana.
But now perhaps we have reached a tipping point on women coming over to seeing the light of legalization. When I checked in January of this year, Cal NORMLs Twitter followers were 75% male, down from 85% a few months earlier; theyre now down to 66% male, a 20% drop in less than 6 months.
One reason for the shift, I think, is the increased number of female leaders at NORML chapters across the country, changing the perception of what a marijuana enthusiast looks like and giving women voters a greater comfort zone to voice their own support. A quick list of those leaders compiled by NORML Outreach Coordinator Kevin Mahmalji are:
Eleanore Ahrens Southeast Ohio NORML
Vera Allen Minnesota NORML
Trish Bertrand Springfield NORML
Roseann Boffa Los Angeles NORML
Cara Bonin Houston NORML
Jes Bossems Jefferson Area, Virginia NORML
Monica Chavez New Mexico NORML
Cynthia Ferguson Delaware NORML
Jax Finkle Texas NORML
Karen Goldstein Florida NORML
Kandice Hawes Orange County, California NORML
Laura Judy National Office
Jamie Kacz Kansas City NORML
Danielle Keane National Office
Ellen Komp California NORML
Jessica Lee Nacogdoches NORML
Jenni Morgan National Office
Cher Neufer Ohio NORML
Theresa Nightingale Pittsburgh NORML
Danica Noble NORML Women of Washington
Pam Novy Virginia NORML
Jenn Michelle Pedini Richmond NORML
Jordan Person Denver NORML
Sharron Ravert Peachtree, Georgia NORML
Carrie Satterwhite Wyoming NORML
Mary Smith Toledo NORML
Jessica Struzik Northern Wisconsin NORML
Danielle Vitale OBrien Miami Valley, Ohio NORML
Destiny Young San Antonio NORML
Women everywhere are getting the message. It is not as harmful as alcohol It also helps medical conditions as a more natural substitute to pharmaceuticals, one 46-year-old woman told Pew pollsters in 2015. I think crime would be lower if they legalized marijuana, said another woman, aged 62. It would put the drug dealers out of business.
Campaigns directed at women in states with legalization measures seem to have had an effect. Only 49 percent of women polled in favor of Colorados 2012 legalization measure, but 53 percent of them voted for it. The majority of women voters in Washington State also voted in favor of that states measure to legalize.
Many people are aware that women helped bring about alcohol prohibition in 1919. What many dont know is that women were also instrumental in repealing prohibition, notably Pauline Sabin, the Republican socialite for whom NORMLs award recognizing womens leadership is named. It seems that women are now also key in bringing about marijuana legalization.
http://blog.norml.org/2016/05/04/women-are-stepping-up-for-legalization/
