Poll: Canadians want pot smoking legalized

TORONTO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Most Canadians support the decriminalization of marijuana, says a North American group advocating such a policy.

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws said a poll conducted Oct. 26-Nov. 1 by SES Research of Toronto shows 57 percent of those polled believe adults who are caught with small quantities of marijuana should be left alone and not face criminal charges, the Toronto Sun reported Friday.

The poll also showed 28 percent of Canadians believe clamping down on pot smokers is a bad use of law enforcement resources.

NORML also said the SES poll reflects a similar trend found by the Canadian Addiction Survey released this week. It suggests drug use among Canadians between the ages of 15 and 24 has doubled during the past 10 years.

The SER survey Most Canadians support the decriminalization of marijuana, a North American group advocating such a policy says.

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws said a poll conducted Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 by SES Research of Toronto shows that 57 percent of those polled think adults who are caught with small quantities of marijuana should be left alone and not face criminal charges, the Toronto Sun reported Friday, the Toronto Sun reported.

The poll, a random national telephone survey of 1,000 Canadians that has a plus or minus 3.1 percent sampling error, also showed 28 percent of Canadians think clamping down on pot smokers is a bad use of law-enforcement resources.

NORML also said the SES poll reflects a similar trend found by the Canadian Addiction Survey released this week that showed drug use among Canadians between the ages of 15 and 24 has doubled in the last 10 years.