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Why Do GOP Lawmakers Still Oppose Legalizing Weed?

Today is 4/20, the holiday for stoners and weed enthusiasts around the world. Legalizing marijuana is no longer a fringe issue championed mainly by those partaking in the day’s festivities either. Over the past two decades, we’ve seen a remarkable rise in support for legalization. Polls over the past year from Civiqs, Quinnipiac and Gallup show that roughly 7 in 10 American adults think the use of cannabis should be legal, double the share who thought so 20 years ago.

In fact, a majority of registered voters in all 50 states now favor making cannabis legal, according to state-level polling data from Civiqs. Support ranges from a low of 52 percent in North Dakota to a high of 81 percent in Vermont and Washington.

This widespread support is rapidly changing the landscape of marijuana prohibition, too. Just 10 years ago, the use and distribution of cannabis for recreational purposes was illegal across the entire country. But since 2012, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, and a handful more are expected to follow soon. This month, meanwhile, the U.S. House passed legislation that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. [Read more at FiveThirtyEight]

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  1. The war on drugs has been decided. The Democratic Republic has made it as plain as the nose on your face. A thirty nine MILLION year old species — domesticated 12,000 years ago, established to treat many diseases that plague us to this day. Cures for cancer, epilepsy and other more common yet elusive ailments are right in front of our noses. Pandora’s box is finally open, make room for the future of the human condition.

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