According to a new Gallup poll, a record-high 50 percent of Americans support legalizing marijuana use, while 46 percent say marijuana use should remain illegal. When Gallup first posed the question, in 1969, a mere 12 percent of Americans favored it, while 84 percent were opposed. For good or for worse, times have definitely changed.
Gallup’s “Bottom Line” ponders that if the current trend on marijuana legalization continues, “pressure may build to bring the nation’s laws into compliance with the people’s wishes.”
Not right now it won’t. In my opinion, this shift in popular opinion means jack for the political scene – at least for right now – and it surely doesn’t strike any urgent chord for the current lineup of GOP presidential contenders (even though Ron Paul may quietly favor the notion).
I’m thinking at this juncture, stimulating job growth in America is the number one priority. Maybe once everyone is gainfuly employed and bathing in economic bliss, that’s when we will all dust off the old college paraphernalia.
For now, I think the only people who would prefer a bag of grass over a 40-hour work week are those Marxist marching degenerates who somehow think they are “Occupying” Wall Street.
