The poll also showed a majority of Republicans favoring legalization for the first time, with 51 percent expressing support.
Increased support for legalization coincides with the increased legality of marijuana throughout America in statewide ballot measures, according to Gallup.
The number of respondents who said they support the legalization of marijuana hit 64% this week, up from 60% in 2016.
A majority of U.S. adults - including most Democrats and Republicans - now support marijuana legalization, according to a new survey by Gallup. "On both issues, about a quarter supported legalization in the late 1990s, and today 64 percent favor each".
GallupRising support for legalizing marijuana seems to be a function of growing familiarity with it, which is in turn correlated with age. In 2009, Democrats were the first partisan group to see majority support for legalization, followed by independents in 2010.
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"Instead of wasting limited law enforcement resources trying to stop successful state-level legalization initiatives, USA officials should listen to the clear, bipartisan message the public is sending them, and support federal marijuana reform as well", she added.
In late November 2012, following the states of Colorado and Washington voting to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, the Gallup marijuana poll showed support of legalization at 48 percent.
Morgan Fox, the director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project, said in a statement Americans are "tired" of wasting resources arresting individuals for using marijuana.
Already, marijuana has been legalized in eight states and Washington, DC. This is the highest approval rating marijuana legalization has ever reached in a Gallup poll.
The federal government considers marijuana a Schedule 1 substance with no known medical benefits, but the Trump administration has refrained so far from interfering in states with medical and recreational marijuana laws in place. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions could find himself out of step with his own party if the current trends continue", Gallup wrote. In the case of marriage equality, numerous changes in the law came through court rulings that found the laws against same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional and it was ultimately a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that led to the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide.
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