51% support making the personal use of marijuana legal, 41% oppose. There is no regional difference on this question. But there is an enormous age difference: young voters back the decriminalization of marijuana by 48 points. Seniors oppose legalization by 24 points.
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=005a915d-93f5-4dc8-b982-324b58e9eaa7
In Washington, DC, in Nov. 1999 a Referendum on approval of Medical Marijuana was voted. For more than a decade Congress would not even allow DC to count the ballots. When finally counted a significant majority approved MM. Now the DC Council has approved a law for decriminalization. It has gone to Congress for the usual 60 day evaluation period. Some “conservatives” are trying to block approval. This measure would reduce possession of small amounts of MJ from a crime to a ticketable offense for $25. More than twice the number of young people have been arrested for MJ as are graduating from high school in DC.
When will Congress stop dictating to DC how DC can spend its own local tax funds and make its own laws? When Congress closed down the government for 2 weeks recently, DC was told it could not even spend its local tax money to collect garbage. DC’s mayor defied Congress and called all DC government jobs essential, not just police and fire.
DC’s 640,000 residents pay full federal taxes, unlike Puerto Rico which pays none. Both have equal representation in Congress, a non-voting Delegate. Is TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION fair, right, or even American?
This Nov. DC will probably have a referendum on the ballot regarding legalization of MJ for people 21 and older and possessing 2 oz. or less of MJ. No smoking in public. Will Congress forbid counting of these ballots? If you believe in freedom for Americans, tell your Congress people to leave DC’s rights alone.