Pubdate: Tue, 22 Jul 2014
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2014 The Denver Post Corp
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Author: Tom McGhee
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MOST OPPOSE POT USE IN PUBLIC

Poll Also Finds Half of Voters Approve Hobby Lobby Decision

A majority of Colorado voters still support marijuana legalization but
said its use should be confined to homes and members-only clubs, a
poll by Quinnipiac University found.

Half of those polled support the U.S. Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby
ruling that closely held corporations can avoid the contraceptives
requirement under the new federal health care laws if doing so would
violate the owners' religious beliefs.

Forty-six percent percent disagreed.

Respondents in the poll, released Monday, said weed should be legal in
members-only clubs, but not in bars or clubs where alcohol is served,
or entertainment venues where admission is charged.

After six months of legal marijuana use, Colorado voters still support
legal use 54 percent to 43 percent, identical to the findings of an
April Quinnipiac survey and down slightly from the 58 to 39 percent
support on Feb. 10.

"Coloradans are still good to go on marijuana for recreational use in
private settings, but as far as letting the good times roll in bars
and clubs where alcohol is served, voters say don't smoke 'em if
you've got 'em," Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac
University poll, said in a release.

Fifty-one percent of those polled said they have tried marijuana, but
only 16 percent said they've tried it since it became legal January
1.

The poll also surveyed Coloradans on their views on abortion.
Twenty-nine percent said abortion should be legal in all cases; 35
percent said it should be legal in most cases; 22 percent said it
should be illegal in most cases; and 10 percent said it should be
illegal in all cases.

Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,147 registered voters with a margin
of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
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