Compared with the peak years of the late 1970s, government statistics show that drug use is down in the United States. Over the past several years, use of illicit drugs among adults has been stable, and over the past decade the use of illegal drugs by workers has declined by more than half. Teen drug use has held steady for the past four years after rising sharply in the early 1990s. Teen use of some drugs, such as LSD, methamphetamine and cocaine is down somewhat, but use of other drugs like ecstasy has increased, according to the University of Michigan's annual "Monitoring the Future" survey.

CNN/Time Poll conducted by Harris Interactive. Latest: Oct. 23-24, 2002. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.
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"Do you favor or oppose the legalization of marijuana?"
		10/02	4/86	3/83		.
		%	%	%		.
	Favor	34	18	24		.
	Oppose	59	78	73		.
	Not sure	7	4	4		.
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"Assuming marijuana is not legalized, do you think people arrested for possession of small amounts of marijuana should be put in jail, or just have to pay a fine but without serving any time in jail?"
		%				.
	Put in jail	19				.
	Just pay a fine	72				.
	Both (vol.)	2				.
	Neither (vol.)	4				.
	Not sure	3				.
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"Do you think adults should be allowed to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if their doctor prescribes it or do you think that marijuana should remain illegal even for medical purposes?"
			%			.
	Allow medical use		80			.
	Illegal even for medical purposes		17			.
	Not sure		3			.
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"According to statistics, lots of people have tried marijuana at least once. How about you, have you tried marijuana at least once?"
		10/02	3/83			.
		%	%			.
	Yes	47	31			.
	No	50	68			.
	Not sure	3	1			.

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