It’s been three years of legal recreational marijuana sales in California and today most of Californians want a marijuana store in their neighborhood.

According to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) poll conducted for the Los Angeles Times, most voters want municipalities to permit pot shops in their communities. Unfortunately many cities have outlawed them.

According to the poll, 68% of Californians say legalization has been a good thing for the state. In 2016, only 57% of voters approved Proposition 64, which legalized growing, selling and possessing cannabis for recreational use.

California is now the largest market for legal marijuana on the planet.

“There hasn’t been any real buyer’s remorse about the initiative. If anything, support has gone up,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Berkeley IGS poll.

The poll also found that 63% of California voters favored their cities giving permits to cannabis stores.

“With this broad spectrum of support, it is critical that California’s local municipalities honor the will of the voters, overturn their bans, and give their constituents access to tested and regulated cannabis,” said Lindsay Robinson, executive director of the California Cannabis Industry Assn.

The poll surveyed 4,527 registered voters online in English and Spanish from Sept. 13 to 18. The overall margin of error was plus or minus 2 percentage points.


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