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> There's still a HUGE disalignment Assuming age ranges have the same size, according to your #s, the electorate is 53% in favor recreational, 34% in favor of
by paulddraper 3y ago
> There's still a HUGE disalignment
Assuming age ranges have the same size, according to your #s, the electorate is 53% in favor recreational, 34% in favor of medical only.
Jurisdiction legality across the US population is 48% recreational [1] and 28% medical only [2].
And those numbers are trending up rapidly. Ten years ago, recreational legalization was literally zero.
Democracy is basically working, for better or worse.
[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/13/facts-about-marijuana/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/13/facts-abo...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis_in_the_United... 76% of states have medical marijuana...but I didn't do the population math.
- godelski 3y ago> Jurisdiction legality across the US population is 48% recreational [1] and 28% medical only [2]. So 76% approval. Seems like more than ample popularity for the fed to at minimum let the states handle it. I mean states, and even counties handle alcohol.
- paulddraper 3y agoAnd yet the ATF still exists. Once feds get power over something, it's very difficult to get it away.
- Spooky23 3y agoIt is but slowly. Conservative voters are not in favor period. (By conservative, I don’t mean republican.)