Colorado voters say 51 percent to 38 percent that the law is bad for Colorado’s image. Colorado poll: Pot hurts state's image

While most Colorado voters still support the legalization of recreational marijuana, a majority says the law harms the state’s national image in a new poll on Monday.

Colorado voters say 51 percent to 38 percent that the law is bad for Colorado’s image, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Monday.


Still, 58 percent of voters support the law compared with 39 percent who oppose it, more than Quinnipiac’s last poll in August that found 54 percent to 41 percent support.

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Though the bill was approved in 2012, the first legal sales of recreational marijuana began in the state last month.

Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is facing a tough reelection fight this year, gets fair marks on marijuana policy in the state. Voters approve of his handling of pot politics 53 percent to 34 percent.

A slim majority of Coloradans have tried marijuana, though very few have done so since the law went into effect. Fifty-one percent said they had tried marijuana, but only 10 percent of Colorado voters said they had used marijuana since the law went into effect Jan. 1.

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Quinnipiac surveyed 1,139 Colorado voters from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2 for the poll, which has an error margin of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

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