POLL: MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE SHOULD BE ALLOWED

Nearly 9,000 people gave their thoughts at the State Fair in annual
bipartisan Minnesota House of Representatives opinion poll.

The polls took place at the House fair booth, and not completed by
Democrats and Republicans, which means there was a good cross-section
of people who responded, said Rep. Bud Nornes (R-Fergus Falls).

The survey is unscientific and was meant to familiarize fair-goers
with the issues that were either considered in the previous
legislative session or are going to be considered in the upcoming
session, according to the poll.

Nornes said several of the results on poll surprised him.

He was surprised by the numbers on a medical marijuana question
because it's been a big issue at the Legislature that hasn't passed
in previous sessions, he said.

In the poll, 69.1 percent of respondents said medical marijuana use
by terminally ill patients should be permitted in Minnesota, 23.4
percent were against it and 7.5 percent said they were undecided or
had no opinion.