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Public Support for MJ Legalization Surged in 2016
Posted by CN Staff on March 29, 2017 at 15:29:16 PT
 By Christopher Ingraham 
Source: Washington Post
USA -- Public support for marijuana legalization surged in 2016, according to data just released from the General Social Survey. Last year 57 percent of Americans told the survey's pollsters that they “think the use of marijuana should be legal,” up from 52 percent in 2014.The numbers from the General Social Survey — a large nationwide survey conducted every two years and widely considered to represent the gold standard for public opinion research — comport with other national surveys last year, which found support ranging from the upper 50s to low 60s.
But the survey indicates two significant fault lines when it comes to marijuana policy: age and political party. Fully two-thirds of respondents ages 18 to 34 supported legalization in the survey, as well as majorities of those ages 35 to 49 and 50 to 64. But seniors 65 and older stood apart, with only 42 percent supporting legalization.On the other hand, support among all age groups has risen by similar amounts in recent years. In 2008, for instance, only 40 percent of the youngest respondents and just over 21 percent of seniors supported marijuana legalization.Breaking the numbers down by political affiliation tells a slightly different story. In the early 2000s, opposition to marijuana legalization was more or less a bipartisan issue. Only 29 percent of Democrats and 26 percent of Republicans voiced support for legal weed in 2000.Since then, support for legalization among Democrats and independents has risen much faster than among Republicans. In 2016, more than 60 percent of the former two groups supported legal marijuana. Among Republicans support stood at only 40 percent, a gap of more than 20 percentage points between Democrats and independents on the one hand, and Republicans on the other.Moreover, support for legalization among Republicans has leveled off over the past two years, rising just 1 percentage point since 2016. But support among Democrats rose by 3 points, and independents saw a much greater 8-point jump.Marijuana use, legal or otherwise, remains widespread in this country. Over 33 million adults currently admit to using the drug, according to Gallup. And with victories for legalization in California, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts last year, roughly 1-in-5 Americans will soon have access to legal marijuana in their home states.But many lawmakers and law enforcement groups remain resolutely opposed to legalization. In Massachusetts, one of the most reliably Democratic states in the nation, lawmakers lobbied strongly against last fall's voter-approved ballot initiative, and have been working since then to delay implementation of the measure. Similar efforts are underfoot in nearby Maine.The Trump administration has been noncommittal in its approach to marijuana enforcement. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been outspoken in his criticism of legalization but has stopped short of saying that his Justice Department will pursue marijuana cases differently than his predecessor's.Meanwhile, Canadian lawmakers are expected to formally announce that nationwide marijuana legalization will be implemented by July of 2018, meaning that for Americans in northern border states, a legal pot fix is just a crossing away.The General Social Survey was funded primarily by the National Science Foundation and conducted through in-person interviews with a random national sample of roughly 1,900 adults in the spring of 2016. Overall results carry a margin of sampling error of roughly 2.5 percentage points; the error margin for subgroups is larger.Christopher Ingraham writes about politics, drug policy and all things data. He previously worked at the Brookings Institution and the Pew Research Center. Source: Washington Post (DC)Author: Christopher Ingraham Published: March 29, 2017Copyright: 2017 Washington Post CompanyContact: letters washpost.com Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ URL: http://drugsense.org/url/UgUCTnIBCannabisNews  -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #7 posted by afterburner on April 01, 2017 at 12:07:55 PT
Hope #5
Everything in the universe is created by Love (for God is Love). Every being in the universe has a core of love, but some have so much hatred piled on top that their love is hard to see. Paraphrased from What Happens to a Rev Deferred? From Andromeda TV series.Love - The Cohesive Power of the Universe 
http://ascension-research.org/love.html
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Comment #6 posted by Hope on March 30, 2017 at 10:34:27 PT
Christie anything
makes me want to barf.
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Comment #5 posted by Hope on March 30, 2017 at 10:32:38 PT
Afterburner
That's sad. I can imagine all sorts of good reasons to deny entry into the country, but that they used cannabis, take prescription drugs, drank tea or coffee, smoked, or drank alcohol isn't one of them. It's the "Devil" weed mentality. If you've ever consumed cannabis, they think you've done something "Bad", really "BAD", and you're "A Bad and Dangerous Person" because of having consumed cannabis. They truly believe you should be punished for it. They feel righteous persecuting you.Don't forget that. Ever.
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Comment #4 posted by afterburner on March 30, 2017 at 07:37:31 PT
Don't Ask Don't Tell 2017 Style
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/under-trump-legal-cannabis-is-a-deportable-offense?utm_campaign=Roost&utm_source=Roost&utm_medium=push
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Comment #3 posted by The GCW on March 30, 2017 at 04:02:53 PT
57 percent
How much support does Christie, Sessions and Trump get?
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on March 29, 2017 at 19:31:52 PT
Christie to Lead Trump White House Drug Commission
Chris Christie to Lead Trump White House Drug CommissionURL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/29/chris-christie-to-lead-trump-white-house-drug-commission/?utm_term=.2a54dc0538d4
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Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on March 29, 2017 at 16:11:43 PT
Thank you Mr. Christopher Ingraham!
In other words, it is just a matter of time... !Thank God!But, that said, it's still takin' a heck (fill in) of a lot of time.And, life is so damn short, already!
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