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Republican support for legal marijuana hits a new high (45%-42%)
YouGov ^ | July 21, 2016 | n/a

Posted on 08/11/2016 3:07:14 PM PDT by Ken H

For the first time Republicans narrowly support legalizing marijuana

YouGov's latest research shows that most Americans still support legalization of marijuana, and that support for legalization has increased slightly, from 52% in December 2015 to 55% today. Most of this change is a result of changing attitudes among Republicans. In fact, for the first time, Republicans narrowly tend to support legalization, 45% to 42%.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cannabis; smoke; tokers; weed
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To: TigersEye
That’s a funny line but it makes it sound like the legislature legalized pot in CO. It was a public referendum vote.

I think it's safe to say the majority of hedonists are Democrats. The vote was 55-45, with counties that are heavily "progressive" having more lopsided votes for legalization, suggesting it was Democrats that mostly voted yes.

These days many Republicans have abandoned their traditional moral postures and embraced nihilistic libertinism, so I'm sure there were plenty of Republicans that thought "why not?"

http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/amendment/2012/64-legalize-marijuana/

41 posted on 08/11/2016 3:56:49 PM PDT by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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To: dynachrome

Also even if it were to be treated as tax burden (though again I would see a natural opening for church ministries) — we wouldn’t be paying for as much police and jails any more. Or lawyers, for that matter. Lawyers are another gift that keep on giving. Reasons for vast carve outs into our constitutional rights would also disappear.

Nowhere here am I saying the slightest thing in favor of getting addicted. It sucks, it is antisocial, it can lead to hell if not learned from, it is simply sad. HOWEVER, it doesn’t inherently need to spell a crime wave if dealt with as what it really is, a neon sign indicating that we have a God problem, or rather a walking out on God problem.


42 posted on 08/11/2016 3:56:56 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Maudeen

If you like to spend tax dollars on prosecuting and jailing potheads then by all means cut a personal check.

Some of us find it a complete waste of money and police time.


43 posted on 08/11/2016 3:57:50 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: zipper

It wasn’t “nihilistic libertarianism” that was the reason for all manner of medications being available at the neighborhood drugstore for the asking, in the late 1800s.


44 posted on 08/11/2016 3:58:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: chris37

If it is illegal, then those breaking the law should be punished . If not, why have the law in the first place?


45 posted on 08/11/2016 3:59:02 PM PDT by sagar
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To: sagar

Banning things has become more and more a “feelgood” measure in these modern times, where it is difficult even to keep abreast with what has and what yet hasn’t been banned.


46 posted on 08/11/2016 4:02:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SIDENET
LOLing.

And I'm just high on life!

47 posted on 08/11/2016 4:04:02 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: zipper
These days many Republicans have abandoned their traditional moral postures and embraced nihilistic libertinism, so I'm sure there were plenty of Republicans that thought "why not?"

Marijuana was never prohibited at any time in history until the Progressives Era. The claim that mj prohibition is a traditional moral posture is nonsense.

48 posted on 08/11/2016 4:04:11 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: sagar

“If not, why have the law in the first place?”

There you go. I have no desire to punish people who smoke pot.

No crime has been committed.


49 posted on 08/11/2016 4:06:21 PM PDT by chris37 (How do you make Republicans turn on their own candidate? Sneak up behind them and say "Boo".)
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To: Ken H

a state issue. not a federal issue. Only a federal issue if we’re talking interstate commerce or importation.


50 posted on 08/11/2016 4:08:05 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: notaliberal
These jokers in congress are determined to make this country a bunch of potheads so they can continue their gravy train.

I agree with you, but I think we are in a shrinking minority. I'm told pot is the answer to just about everything, but at my age, I think that I will stick to my coffee and telling kids to get off my lawn.

51 posted on 08/11/2016 4:08:40 PM PDT by sockhead
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To: Ken H

Yup, we have “bad facts” here.

Public intoxication was frowned on, sometimes severely.

One other problem here is the welfare state. If we left the care of habitual addicts and drunkards to the goodwill of churches and other charity (who could preach gospel to them), and did not try to carry them on a national dole, we would be in a better shape morally and financially. But whining liberals have rendered the idea of such an accommodation difficult.


52 posted on 08/11/2016 4:09:01 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Ken H

Best way to get the libertard votes. Allow nature to be exploited.


53 posted on 08/11/2016 4:12:41 PM PDT by soycd
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I’d work with a pot smoker anytime before a drunkard.


54 posted on 08/11/2016 4:14:32 PM PDT by soycd
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To: soycd

Funny how snap judgments come unfastened.


55 posted on 08/11/2016 4:15:49 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: sargon

There you go...throwing that L word again. Conservative are all for it...unless of course it’s something they don’t like. In that respect no different from rats...


56 posted on 08/11/2016 4:28:15 PM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: Ken H

Good. The less nanny state we have, the better!


57 posted on 08/11/2016 4:50:55 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Trump '16! Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I personally think potheads are idiots, just like smokers, alcoholics, and meth heads. They should be treated as such. Jailing them profits the prison industry, so I am for a more liberal attitude towards them. But liberalism today means not freedom, but gubmint subsidy. So, in no time, pot legalization becomes gubmint pot subsidy where taxpayers are forced to pay for the weed. Fairness and all.


58 posted on 08/11/2016 4:56:28 PM PDT by sagar
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To: Ken H

Many idiots think that republicanism is synonymous with conservatism.


59 posted on 08/11/2016 11:15:10 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Nuke Saudi Arabia now)
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To: chris37
the only real question is do people who choose to do this deserve long prison sentences as a result of that choice?

Yes they do.

60 posted on 08/11/2016 11:16:17 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Nuke Saudi Arabia now)
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