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US: Survey: 8 in 10 Kentuckians support medical marijuana

Lisa Bernard-Kuhn

Cincinnati.com

Monday 13 May 2013

Nearly 8 in 10 Kentuckians think residents should be able to purchase marijuana for medical purposes if their doctor recommends it, according to the 2012 Kentucky Health Issues Poll.

More than 4 in 10 adults in Kentucky support having lawmakers make the decision on whether the drug should be legal for medical uses, according to the poll. About the same number say voters should decide the issue.

The findings have some health officials concerned.

"The Food & Drug Administration lists marijuana in the most restricted category of the Controlled Substance Act, meaning it has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and is not safe for use, even under medical supervision," said Mary Francis, director of the Assistance for Substance Abuse Prevention Center. "Marijuana plants contain over 400 chemicals, some of which are known carcinogens."

About 20 states have varying regulations that allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes in some form, although the drug is still banned by the federal government.

In recent years, the Kentucky General Assembly has considered several bills about recreational and medicinal use of the drug, but none have passed.

Roughly 25 percent of Kentuckians support the recreational use of marijuana, but in Northern Kentucky that support s higher, according to responses from residents in Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and Pendleton counties.

Nearly 4 in 10 residents there support allowing recreational use of the drug, according to the poll.

Funded by The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, the poll was conducted Sept. 20 through Oct. 14, 2012, by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. A random sample of 1,680 adults from throughout Kentucky was interviewed by telephone.

More information about Kentuckians' views on marijuana laws and use, and other topics, is available online at https://www.healthfoundation.org/kentucky-health-issues-poll

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