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Americans' support for legalizing marijuana continues to increase, with a new record 64% saying it should be made legal in Gallup's nearly 50-year trend.

Slightly less than half of U.S. adults, 45%, say they have tried marijuana -- the highest percentage to date. About one in eight say they currently smoke pot.

More than three-quarters of U.S. adults believe drinking alcohol is morally acceptable while 65% say the same about smoking marijuana.

Find out where Americans stand on four key issues that were on the ballot in several states: marijuana legalization, the death penalty, gun control and increasing the minimum wage.

Gallup findings over the past decade reveal that the years from 2010 to 2019 encompassed some revolutionary changes in public opinion.

Thirteen percent of Americans say they currently smoke marijuana, nearly double the percentage found three years ago. Meanwhile, 43% say they have tried it, similar to last year.

Thirteen percent of U.S. adults "regularly" or "occasionally" use marijuana, but the rate is higher among young adults and Americans living in the West.

Sixty percent of Americans favor making marijuana use legal, the highest level of support in Gallup's 47-year trend.

Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe marijuana use should be legal, the third consecutive year of majority support. A decade ago, 36% favored legal marijuana, and in 1969, 12% did.

As some states have legalized marijuana, 47% of Americans say legalization will make driving in those states less safe. Half of Americans say it won't make much of a difference.