SICPA/Harris poll Cannabis Standards Survey results

June 2022

A new nationwide study commissioned by SICPA and conducted online by The Harris Poll of over 2,000 U.S. adults explores the consumer confusion that exists around cannabis product safety and quality standards. Consumers incorrectly assume the basic protections are there for cannabis as they exist for food, pharma, personal care, and other products.

Read more about the national poll: SICPA/Harris Poll Survey Results Press Release

POLL RESULTS

PRODUCT SAFETY STANDARD BELIEFS

Percentage who think cannabis products are grown and produced using consistent product safety standards (regardless of which state they are legally purchased in).

72% Americans
80% U.S. cannabis consumers

MEDICINAL & THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH

Percentage who think the federal government should allow more research to be conducted on the medicinal and therapeutic value of cannabis for patients with chronic pain or debilitating diseases, such as cancer and epilepsy.

84% Americans
87% U.S. cannabis consumers

ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

Percentage who think no matter where they are located, the businesses licensed to grow and produce cannabis products must meet consistent environmental standards.

81% Americans
83% U.S. cannabis consumers

DECRIMINALIZATION

Percentage who agrees on decriminalizing cannabis, whereby the drug is still illegal, but the legal system will no longer prosecute or criminalize a person for possessing a small amount of cannabis.

74% Americans
79% U.S. cannabis consumers

wORKER hEALTH & sAFETY STANDARDS

Percentage who believe cannabis employers are held to the same health and safety standards for their workers as every other industry.

77% Americans
81% U.S. cannabis consumers

LEGALIZATION

Percentage who supports the legalization of cannabis at the national level.

78% Americans
86% U.S. cannabis consumers

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STANDARDS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS

Percentage who supports the federal government setting standards for environmental protections that must be met by the U.S. cannabis industry in the U.S.

83% Americans
84% U.S. cannabis consumers

PRODUCT SAFETY & QUALITY

Percentage who supports the federal government setting standards for product safety and quality that must be met for any cannabis products produced or sold in the U.S.

84% Americans
84% U.S. cannabis consumers

CANNABIS USE AMONG AMERICANS

55% have ever used cannabis products
42% have used cannabis products in the past 12 mos
- 16% used for first time in the past 12 mos
- 42% have never used cannabis products

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