Ahead of the upcoming unofficial cannabis holiday on 4/20, a top marijuana reform group is asking consumers to take a poll about the freedoms (or lack thereof) that they experience where they live.
The new 2026 Cannabis Freedom Survey from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) includes questions like “Where you live, how free are adults to legally possess and access cannabis?” and “Where you live, how concerned are you about legal consequences for cannabis consumers?”
The survey is “designed to capture real-time sentiment from cannabis consumers across the United States and beyond, offering a snapshot of how individuals experience cannabis policy in their daily lives,” NORML said.
The poll also includes a question asking people to choose “the most important step that would increase cannabis freedom where you live.”
Options include: end marijuana arrests, legalize marijuana for adults, let adults grow their own cannabis, allow legal cannabis sales, make legal cannabis more affordable, clear records and fix past convictions, change federal cannabis laws and protect consumer rights (parental, workplace, housing, healthcare).
It additionally asks whether respondents view marijuana policy at the national level as fully respecting consumer freedom, moving in the right direction, stuck with no meaningful progress or moving backwards.
“In some jurisdictions, cannabis comes with real freedom. In others, it still comes with real consequences,” NORML Development Director JM Pedini said in a press release. “This survey is about capturing that gap—not just what the laws say, but how people actually experience them.”
Pedini told Marijuana Moment that the organization will likely compile the results and publish them a few days ahead of 4/20.
