Poll: for first time, more Republicans support marijuana legalization than oppose it

Good. Sometimes it takes a lot of sunshine to cut through the clouds. Sometimes its has to shine down for years, and then, one day, a break of blue sky.

Illegal marijuana is crony marijuana. Illegal marijuana, or more properly – cannabis – benefits drug dealers, government bureaucrats, the prison systems, the lawyers, and in principle federally illegal pot appears to violate the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, the document so many of us would like to see taken seriously again.

This is good news. Time to change some laws.

(From VOX)

But Republicans’ support is striking nonetheless. Marijuana legalization largely remains taboo — with even supposedly progressive politicians like President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remaining opposed to it. But it actually has more general and bipartisan support than other issues progressives have embraced — like same-sex marriage, which a plurality of Republicans still oppose while most Americans support it.

Click here for the article.

http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/