According to a recent Rasmussen poll, 56% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana and the regulation of it similar to alcohol and tobacco. 36% were opposed to legalization. This comes only weeks after a poll found that 74% of Americans would like President Obama to respect state medical marijuana laws, instead of continuing his anti-marijuana crusade.
Of course, opponents still believe (laughably) that marijuana leads to aggression.
“If they had asked, ‘If you knew that a majority of homicide convicts in New York had smoked marijuana within 24 hours of their convictions, would you be in favor of legalizing it?’ they would have gotten a far different answer,” said David Evans, special adviser to the Drug Free America Foundation. “These questions are so biased and leading, it’s embarrassing.”
“This is the strongest support ever recorded in favor of marijuana legalization in the U.S.,” said NORML’s Dale Gieringer. “It confirms a trend that originated in 2009, when for the first time polls began to show plurality support for legalization.”
May 24, 2012 at 5:00 pm, Duncan Wallace said:
Mr. Evans hero is Harry J. Anslinger!
Harry J. says:
“Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death.”.
“You smoke a joint and you’re likely to kill your brother.”.
“Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.”.
May 24, 2012 at 5:36 pm, Mike Parent said:
Mr Evans, I found the survey/poll to be somewhat reasonable. It should have been much higher than the 56% but legalization people must overcome 40 years of lies (More if we go back to Anslingers Marijuana Crusade), and hundreds of Billions of taxpayer dollars for govt propaganda.
LEAP member, NYPD, ret.
May 24, 2012 at 6:58 pm, Marie Matt said:
I read this news about a two month ago. It means Anonymous Declares War On Marijuana Prohibition is working well. http://bigbudsmag.com/lifestyle/article/anonymous-declares-war-marijuana-prohibition-may-2012
May 25, 2012 at 9:13 pm, Brandt Hardin said:
The War on Drugs failed $1 Trillion ago! This money could have been used for outreach programs to clean up the bad end of drug abuse by providing free HIV testing, free rehab, and clean needles. Harmless drugs like marijuana could be legalized to help boost our damaged economy. Cannabis can provide hemp for countless natural recourses and the tax revenue from sales alone would pull every state in our country out of the red! Vote Teapot, PASS IT, and legalize it. Voice you opinion with the movement and read more on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/01/vote-teapot-2011.html.