Polling

For the first time in 40 years, the Pew poll finds majority support for marijuana legalization. That's in line with other recent polls showing support for marijuana legalization at the tipping point.

Support for marijuana legalization is at the highest levels ever recorded by the venerable Field poll, but not high enough to make potential initiative campaigners or contributors relaxed.

From the village board to the halls of Congress, medical marijuana is popping up all over. And there's action at various state houses, too.

There is majority support for legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana in Britain, a new poll has found. And two-thirds also want to see a comprehensive review of British drug policy.

What? Nothing happened in California? It's a rare week, but the quiet in the Golden State is being made up for by action in state legislatures around the land. And more.

A new poll finds that most Americans think the federal government should butt out in states where marijuana is legal.

A new poll finds that Hawaii is well-positioned to undertake a marijuana legalization campaign.

In some ways, 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble before our eyes. In other ways it's still business as usual in the drug war. Here, we look at the biggest drug policy stories of the year.

A new Quinnipiac poll has support for marijuana legalization at 51% in New York state.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose the federal government intervening to block marijuana legalization in the states, a new Gallup poll has found. Is the Obama administration listening?