Support for legalized medical cannabis by cancer experience U.S. 2020

This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults that supported medical marijuana use for, by personal experience with cancer, according to a 2020 survey. According to the survey, 85 percent of caregivers supported the use of medical marijuana among cancer patients.

Percentage of U.S. adults that supported medical cannabis use among cancer patients in 2020, by personal experience with cancer

Characteristic	Have/had cancer	Family member/loved one had cancer	Caregiver	No cancer experience
I support the use of medical marijuana among cancer patients	79%	83%	85%	79%
I support the use of medical marijuana for any medical reason	69%	79%	79%	71%
I am/was open to using medical marijuana to alleviate my cancer-related pain, nausea or other symptoms*	56%	-	-	-
I wish I had more information about the benefits of using medical marijuana to alleviate my cancer-related pain, nausea, or other symptoms*	49%	-	-	-

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Release date

2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

July 21 to September 8, 2020

Number of respondents

base: 4,012

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "To what extent do you agree with the following statements?"

The statistic shows the percentage of respondents that strongly/somewhat agree.
* Only asked among those who have/had cancer.

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