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Marijuana has higher approval ratings than Congress, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Mike
on
Oct 23rd, 2009 |
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Monday’s Gallup poll showing that a record 44% of Americans favor making marijuana legal has brought increased attention to the need for an open, national debate on marijuana policy.
The fact that 44% percent of people favor taxing and regulating marijuana is even more impressive because—in stark contrast to many other public policy issues—for once, a substantial number of Americans actually view an issue favorably.
After all, Americans are a finicky bunch. We don’t like much these days, and in 2009 it’s impressive for anything to get 44% approval ratings. In fact, according to the latest numbers from a variety of polling sources, the idea of taxing and regulating marijuana enjoys higher support among the American public than the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the top Democrat and top Republican in the House of Representatives, and—perhaps not surprisingly—Congress itself.
Take a look at these figures:
|
Issue |
Approve |
Oppose |
Source |
|
President Obama’s job performance |
50% |
42% |
|
|
Legalization of marijuana |
44% |
54% |
|
|
The war in Afghanistan |
39% |
58% |
|
|
The war in Iraq |
33% |
64% |
|
|
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) |
32% |
48% |
|
|
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) |
25% |
23% |
|
|
Congress’s job performance |
21% |
72% |
Based on these numbers, as well as the growing mainstream media coverage of marijuana issues, there is no longer any doubt that Americans see marijuana policy reform as a legitimate mainstream issue worthy of national debate. Let’s keep talking!
Source : www.blog.mpp.org
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