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That seems totally odd. From the numbers it is clear that some of those who favor legalization of cannibis also oppose growing it privately. That doesn't make sense to me. To me, a good part of the reason for legalizing marijuana is to take money out of the pockets of the Bad Guys. Home cultivation would spell the end of the line for drug runners in the marijuana business.
what I suspect is at work here is the broad interpretations that run through respondents minds. to some "legalization" may be taken as "giving law-breakers a free pass"; opposition to home growing may simply be an expression of the NIMBY attitude ("not in my back yard").
I found in my psychology studies that you could easily poll people on their opinion on a certain subject and if you altered the phrasing you would illicit different, contradictory responses to what was essentially the same question. besides, distilling complex, nuanced issues into simplified questions to illicit yes-no/up-down responses leaves the results open to interpretations that benefit both sides of the argument, complicating rather than clarifying matters.
one idea I thought of was to have fake (cloth/plastic) cannabis plants that "protestors" could have in their homes -- if enough people had them, it would make pursuing small-time growers so counterproductive as to perhaps induce some sensible legislation to differentiate personal from commerical growers. crazy ideas you get when you smoke too much ;)
-paniked
