Should cannabis be legalised for medicinal purposes?
In a Facebook poll of 1,164 respondents, 93.9% chose “Yes”. How we count
Yes
93.9%1,093
No
5.2%60
Undecided
0.9%11
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Support for medicinal cannabis dominated from the opening vote through all 55 days, finishing at 93.9% with 1,093 votes. No reached 5.2%, while undecided voters accounted for just 0.9%.
The audience split sharply by gender: 64% of Yes voters were men, compared with 40% among No voters. South Africa supplied the largest voting bloc, and it leaned Yes.
- Final verdict · Yes won 1,093 votes, or 93.9% of the total.
- Gender split · Men made up 64% of Yes voters, versus 40% of No voters.
- Largest bloc · South Africa cast 401 votes and leaned Yes.
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