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According to Gallup, American Support for Cannabis Legalization is at an All-Time High

posted by martyb on Saturday October 28 2017, @01:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the next-up?-legalize-pans! dept.

takyon writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by takyon on Saturday October 28 2017, @02:55AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday October 28 2017, @02:55AM (#588533) Journal

    The War on Drugs has been a long national nightmare. Don't forget the experiment with alcohol Prohibition.

    Added the following to tomorrow's opioid story:

    [takyon: a262 [soylentnews.org] would like you to know that Insys Therapeutics donated $500,000 [usnews.com] to help defeat Arizona's 2016 ballot initiative [ballotpedia.org] that would have legalized recreational use of cannabis.]

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