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Tennesseans open to medical pot use, new poll shows

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Tennesseans oppose legalizing marijuana generally but appear willing to allow medical marijuana use, the latest MTSU Poll shows.

The poll also found:

A solid 64 percent majority of state residents oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally; and

52 percent support forbidding the enforcement in Tennessee of federal-level firearms laws and leaving firearms regulated solely by state and local laws.

Additionally, the poll measured attitudes toward abortion, further restricting access to pseudoephedrine, allowing grocery stores to sell wine, and repealing the new federal healthcare law, according to a news release.