Posted on 10/25/2017 1:14:49 PM PDT by JP1201
A new Gallup poll shows growing support for marijuana legalization, with 64 percent of Americans now in favor of the measure.
The number is the highest level of support in nearly half a century of surveying adults on the issue, according to Gallup. Support has steadily increased in recent years, with the latest figure up 4 percentage points over last year and up 14 points from 2011.
The poll also showed a majority of Republicans favoring legalization for the first time, with 51 percent expressing support. That number is up 9 percentage points from last year, according to Gallup.
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I hate to,send you the names of the others. No audio clips please. Hit one for me.
Alcohol and tobacco are addictive - and banning hinders control by putting drugs in the black market outside the reach of effective regulation, as happened during alcohol Prohibition.
There's at least as much evidence of the effects of use of the legal drug alcohol - should that drug be banned (again)?
It’s all fun and games until someone yells “what-what in the butt”.
Legalization keeps people from having to frequent dealers where meth, coke and other drugs might be available. Could your statement be amended to say "Alcohol leads to weed, leads to pot....?"
“Legalization keeps people from having to frequent dealers where meth, coke and other drugs might be available. Could your statement be amended to say “Alcohol leads to weed, leads to pot....?””
I do understand all the arguments.
There was once a stigma over illegal practices. Some would abstain from drugs because the downside outweighed the upside.
For example a conviction over drugs might screw up an otherwise promising professional career. That DID influence me in my 20s to stop my occasional pot use.
Today our society has virtually no meaningful consequences, for bad behavior.
So, an unjust law can be justified if it brings about a desired change? Not sure I wanna go down that road.
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