Study: More Americans in favour of cannabis than not

A new study exploring America’s attitudes towards cannabis in 2021 has that revealed more people are for cannabis than against it.

Cannabis trimmer manufacturer, Twister Trimmer conducted the study to find out which US state is home to the most cannabis users.

It involved an analysis of online searches to discover which states search for dispensaries the most.

As part of the research, 1,000 US adults were asked to complete the statement ‘Marijuana is…’.

The results found that 27 percent described it in a positive way, with respondents referring to cannabis as being “a pain reliever”, “good”, “useful” and even “a gift from nature”.

Only 18 percent of respondents used negative descriptions, stating that cannabis is “not safe”, “a gateway drug”, “shameful” and at the most extreme, “killing our children”.

The rest of the responses were mostly informational themes relating to the legality of the drug, its qualities, such as “a plant” or neutral standpoints, for example, cannabis is “fine”.

The same study found that every month in Colorado, a staggering 172,000 searches are made online for the term ‘dispensaries’.

Assuming each search is conducted by a different individual, this would mean that around two in every five people in Colorado searched for dispensaries online in the past year.

Rod Karasiuk, managing director of Europe, Asia and Africa at Twister Trimmer, which creates industrial grade cannabis and hemp trimming machines, told Cannabis Health the findings were indicative of a country becoming more accepting of the plant and its medicinal benefits.

“It’s great to see America becoming more open to the idea of cannabis use and it’s especially good to see more and more people acknowledging its wider uses and benefits,” commented Karasiuk.

“A lot of the responses we received in the survey mentioned cannabis’ natural pain relieving properties, with some responses citing specific cases where marijuana has helped ease their epilepsy or improved their sleep – which is great to hear.

He added: “It will be really interesting over the next few years to see how both America and other countries’ attitudes towards cannabis change again.”

The survey was conducted using Google Surveys, with population data being obtained from this source. The full dataset and survey responses can be found here.