More Americans would like marijuana to be legalized, according to a new poll conducted by CNN/Opinion Research.
The new poll, which interviewed 1,010 United States citizens shortly after Colorado legalized pot smoking for of-age adults, showed that 55 percent of the group thought weed should be legalized. 44 percent thought it should remain illegal, the Washington Post reported.
Compare that to a study conducted during summer of 2012, which found that 43 percent of citizens interviewed thought marijuana should be legal, while 49 percent disagreed.
This year's poll was carried out just two days after Colorado's legal pot legislation was put into place - and mere hours after news surfaced that the state had earned over $1 million in the first two days that marijuana businesses opened their doors to the public.
This isn't the first poll that has demonstrated an overall rise in American citizens' support for loosened legislation on weed - Pew and Gallup showed studies with comparable results that indicated a spike in the nation's acceptance of marijuana's prevalence.
CNN's study shows that most of the people polled didn't view marijuana as mentally or physically damaging, but were largely split down the middle on whether the drug, which is still illegal on the federal level, is seriously addictive, or a "gateway" to other, harder substances.
19 percent said they didn't view marijuana use as a large problem in society today, according to the Post.
Washington, which has also legalized the recreational use of marijuana, is slated to give pot shop owners clearance to start conducting business later this year.