US Nearing 50% Supporting Marijuana Legalization, Poll Finds

i cant really wrap my head around the idea that sampling 500 people is an accurate portrayal of the American voter. the only poll that counts happens Nov 2 this year get out and Vote!!! 

You should take a course in statistics then -- mathematically, polls that sample in this way (randomly), especially multiple times over time, are extremely accurate within what is known as a "confidence interval".  Legalization is pretty much inevitable at this point, and our politicians and businessmen know it.

Hey man...like pot should be legal man. You know like the people that don't dig it can you know like..go forget themselves man. Some people are like you know..weed can hurt your head or somethin. Like they say marjuana is bad for you. MAN these people are so lame man. I like use it ALL THE TIME and like it never hurt me at all man. My brain is perfect man. Do you dig? In fact I am using it right now man. It really helps me get into my space man. You know what I'm sayin man. Like if the whole country like smoked joints man, everything wo0ld be groovy! Peace would break out man. War would go away man. Every one would like love each other and stuff man. Can you dig it. Have to go now. Getting kind of dizzy and havn hard time like concentrating man. Just remember to vote yes on pot legal man. Groovy.

Computer generated polls show more than 50% favor legalization . That's because so many responders are afraid to admit they'd vote to legalize cannabis if the public was allowed to vote on the matter.

TommHeyTommy  DamianN man. Like get off my case dude. Have a joint and relax man. I am like edecated man. Went to Berkely man. Ohhh...passin out again. Talk later dude;;;iii/ooooooooooo

MJ, this issue is urgently important, both from the economic standpoint and social.

A very dangerous element of society is currently fighting out turf wars south of our

border, and unfortunately, "no man is an island." In major American cities like Atlanta,

these battles are spreading into our streets. However,  I can't close my eyes and

imagine what would happen to society if suddenly, tomorrow, drugs became available at

Wal-Mart or one's pharmacy.  I am certain that such a change would create anarchy in

the prison system, as a result of all of the layoffs of guards. And judges. And cops.

But I do think that there would also be peace in the streets, at least until thugs could

regroup and find something else for which to kill one another.

And the economic cost of illegal drug trafficking  is staggering, both in prosecution and in the penal system.   It would be interesting to know what the annual dollar tax amount is and what the actual

value is lost to our county  tax coffers on the sale of confiscated illegal drugs.  Those documented dollar amounts alone would probably realize enough revenue to help propel the economy enormously and

immediately.

There must exist a huge void in the American economy where so many million/billions of dollars are spent and are earned on the sale of illegal drugs.  It doesn't take an economist to see that the unrealized tax  monies  could be used on infrastructure and hunger. They are, instead, buying bling for some dealer somewhere up the food chain in some cartel; you've seen them in Atlanta.

its sad to say, but the "greatest generation", which lived through the Great Depression, then fought and won WWII, and then came home to create a stable, respectable society with moral integrity and progressive politics at its core, is the very same generation that believes MJ is the enemy.  they were brainwashed as young children by Reefer Madness and other anti-marijuana propaganda of the time and have never been able to accept MJ as anything less than a dangerous narcotic.  once their influence on our culture and civilization is gone, the polls will be overwhelmingly in favor of full on legalization and proper regulation.  the reason the numbers are jumping so much is that the members of the "greatest generation" are very old and, sadly to say (my last remaining grandparent is one of them), are dying at expected rates.  every generation since has an over 50% positive outlook and non-propagandized knowledge of MJ, and therefore as newer generations come of age and the "greatest generation" dies off, the numbers are quickly moving in the expected direction.

Until reformers understand that the message to the unconverted should focus on protecting our children better by not wasting time on Willie and Snoop Dog...it will take that much longer to end MJ prohibition.   MOreover, most tokers are cowards.   They will not talk to the prohibition crowd.

Alcohol makes you do way worse things, and there are a lot of dangers that come along with drinking, and it’s legal. Cigarettes are in the same boat. They cause lung cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, heart disease, and strokes. Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,800 chemicals, such as nicotine, arsenic, ammonia, formaldehyde and carbon monoxide. Would you rather have all that going into you, or just about ¼ of the tar minus all the harsh chemicals with pot?