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Date Posted: 16:28:06 10/23/13 Wed
Author: 5280
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Subject: I think Colorado & Washington will provide good test cases
In reply to: Destroyed in D.C. 's message, "It won't be long now" on 16:10:23 10/23/13 Wed

>According to the latest Gallup survey, 58 percent of
>Americans favor legalizing marijuana for recreational
>use.
>
>Gallup says the poll culminates a year of
>�unprecedented success� for marijuana advocates and is
>almost certainly the harbinger of future legalization
>efforts. Support for legalization has climbed more
>than 10 percent in the past year alone.
>
>�Whatever the reasons for Americans' greater
>acceptance of marijuana, it is likely that this
>momentum will spur further legalization efforts across
>the United States,� Gallup says in its analysis of the
>poll.

If there are large benefits and small problems from the legalization, it will spread like wildfire.

But, if there are large problems and small benefits, then I think you'll see public opinion go negative again in a heartbeat.

I think that's part of what's happened with marriage equality. Opponents predicted the end of civilization. The reality is that there is no impact on anyone except the people getting married, and that's a positive impact. People saw that in the early states, and now 1/3 of people live in states with full marriage equality, with another 17% in states with partial equality.

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It will only prove one thing .... -- PingonE, 08:48:05 10/24/13 Thu