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Americans think sugar is more harmful to a person's health than marijuana, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this week. The answer choices to the poll question were tobacco (49%), followed by alcohol (24%), sugar (15%), marijuana (8%), all (3%), and not sure (1%).

1,000 adults were surveyed about topics ranging from politics to health to religion. Read the full results of our NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll here.