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With the Colorado state capitol building visible in the background, partygoers danced and smoked marijuana on the first of two days at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver earlier this month. The annual event was the first 420 marijuana celebration since retail marijuana stores began selling in January 2014. A new poll finds the majority of Colorado voters are happy with legal pot.

(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

The Colorado governor has warned other states about legalizing marijuana, but a majority of Colorado voters don't seem to share those concerns, a new poll finds.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday, 52 percent of Colorado voters said legal pot has been good for their state.

The poll found a majority of Colorado voters don't think legal marijuana has made the state's roads more dangerous. Most also think it will save public money and has a positive impact on the criminal justice system.

But when it comes to whether they'd back a pot-smoking political candidate, Colorado voters were more reluctant. Fifty-two percent of people polled said they would not support a candidate who consumed marijuana two to three times a week.

Republicans and senior citizens were the only voters with reservations about legal marijuana.

According to Quinnipiac's press release on the survey, Tim Malloy, the assistant director of the poll, said the findings show that Colorado voters are "generally good to go on grass, across the spectrum, from personal freedom to its taxpayer benefits to its positive impact on the criminal justice system."

"But if you are a politician, think twice before smokin' them if you got 'em," Malloy said.

Other marijuana-related reads worth your time this morning:

Marijuana researchers face multiple regulatory hurdles (German Lopez, Vox)

Weed Reads: The 10 best books on pot (Roger Roffman, The Daily Beast)

Potential lack of federal water would hurt pot growers (Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy-Tribune)

-- Noelle Crombie