64% of Americans now support the legalization of cannabis, an all-time high since Gallup first asked the question in 1969. Also for the first time, a majority of Republicans (51%) support legalization, up from 42% last year:
As efforts to legalize marijuana at the state level continue to yield successes, public opinion, too, has shifted toward greater support. The Department of Justice under the current Republican administration has been perceived as hostile to state-level legalization. But Attorney General Jeff Sessions could find himself out of step with his own party if the current trends continue. Rank-and-file Republicans' views on the issue have evolved just as Democrats' and independents' have, though Republicans remain least likely to support legalizing pot.
Also at NPR, The Hill, NORML, and Reason.
Related: New Attorney General Claims Legal Weed Drives Violent Crime; Statistics be Damned
4/20: The Third Time's Not the Charm
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday October 28 2017, @01:56AM (1 child)
Apparently not.
When cannabis bills fail (rarely) it is because some absurd power grab was welded on.
The entire west coast of the US has approved cannabis, which by some standards makes it inevitable.
As you approach 30 some states approving cannabis, (I forget the exact number) Congress will have the power to tell the Feds to butt out, remove it from the schedule, criminalize Federal DEA operations against it, and tell dinosaurs like Sessions and Steven A Smith to shut up and sit down.
Even Cops have come to realize that pot heads drive safer than drunks.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Saturday October 28 2017, @02:03AM
Here's is an example for others who read your comment:
Why Ohio voted against legal marijuana — and what it means for the future of the pot debate [washingtonpost.com] (archive [archive.is])
Ohio’s Marijuana Oligopoly Concerns [uclawreview.org]
Marijuana and the Ohio Oligopoly [cannabispatientsalliance.org]
Ohio's Legal Weed Proposal Could Create the World’s First 'Pot Grower Oligarchy' [vice.com]
What about Arizona? [phoenixnewtimes.com]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]