{"id":6023,"date":"2016-05-12T03:22:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T03:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2016-05-12T03:22:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T03:22:11","slug":"louisiana-voters-overwhelmingly-support-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/louisiana-voters-overwhelmingly-support-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Voters Overwhelmingly Support Medical Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/louisiana-voters-overwhelmingly-support-medical-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>The Louisiana Cannabis Association recently commissioned a poll by JMC Enterprises, revealing that a full 72% of Louisiana voters favor the legalization of medical marijuana. Key poll findings include:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"decimal\">\n<li>Louisianan voters overwhelmingly support allowing patients to receive medical marijuana. 72% agree that medical marijuana should be available for these patients and only 13% oppose such usage. The remaining 15% are undecided.<\/li>\n<li>The legalization of marijuana for medical use has wide bipartisan support. 70% of Democrats and 67% of Republicans are in favor. Support for legalization also crosses gender and racial lines; 75% of male voters, and 69% of female voters in favor.<\/li>\n<li>37% favor expanding sanctions to include recreational use along with medical use. 37% favor sanctioning marijuana only for medical use and 20% oppose sanctions for any form of marijuana.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201cThese results demonstrate the widespread endorsement of medical marijuana among Louisiana voters,\u201d said Jesse McCormick of the Louisiana Cannabis Association.<\/p>\n<p>These results came just days after a bill to extend the use of medical marijuana to those with serious medical conditions such as cancer, HIV\/AIDS, seizure disorders, and epilepsy passed through the Louisiana State Senate. The bill, SB 271, has since been referred to the House Health and Welfare Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Among those not fully in favor of the legalization of medical marijuana, only 13 percent of voters outright oppose such a move, with the remaining 15 percent undecided on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Poll results can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.louisianacannabis.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Louisiana Cannabis Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4810\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/louisiana-voters-overwhelmingly-support-medical-marijuana.jpg\" alt=\"Louisiana-Medical-Cannabis-HP\" width=\"737\" height=\"400\" \/>News Moderator: Robert Celt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecreole.com\/?p=57600\" target=\"_blank\">Louisiana Voters Overwhelmingly Support Medical Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Staff<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P2Yvk1-bC\" target=\"_blank\">The Creole<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit:\u00a0None found<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecreole.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Creole<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Louisiana Cannabis Association recently commissioned a poll by JMC Enterprises, revealing that a full 72% of Louisiana voters favor&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2016\/05\/louisiana-voters-overwhelmingly-support-medical-marijuana\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2329,9,1,3],"tags":[4896],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}