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Americans overwhelmingly agree that marijuana should
be legal, so why isn't it?
So glad you asked...
In this era of political polarization, when Americans seem to agree on absolutely nothing, let me reassure you. We overwhelmingly agree that cannabis should be legal.
1 in 5 Americans have (state) legal access, 1 in 2 have experimented with it, and more than 1 in 10 smoke regularly. Southern California yuppies are publicly winning prizes for growing the same plant that landed Georgia teenagers in prison.
Half of states allow at least limited use, and a few attract elite cannabis tourism. Federally, the drug remains fiercely criminalized, despite irrefutable evidence
of its medical value.
So what’s the hold-up?
Being in the anti-marijuana
business is astonishingly
lucrative for bureaucrats
and campaign donors.
Here are just a few of
the heavy hitters addicted
to federal prohibition: