Americans do not agree with these days. Almost half (46%) of the country, not even on signing the theory of evolution.
However, a public opinion survey released last week by the Pew Research Center, the first time ever, a majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana. According to the survey results, 52% of Americans and accurate support legal weed, while only 45% against. This is 11-point swing since 2010.
With millions of people facing prison time or legal quagmire, the billions of dollars spent on marijuana law enforcement, the Americans seem to finally be coming to a logical conclusion, the control of their country's drug war.
 
 
"There will always be some people who are they thinking about the evolution of the marijuana, to keep the past," Mason Tvert, Communications Director of the Marijuana Policy Project, told TakePart, "[The survey shows that most Americans are ready to move forward and to take a more informed, evidence-based approach. "
A major problem is that the federal government is ready to change?
Percentage of some laws as may be prescribed in dangerous voted out of office any politicians will ignore a problem, who commanded the support of a majority of Americans willing to do so.
Percentage of some laws as may be prescribed in dangerous voted out of office any politicians will ignore a problem, who commanded the support of a majority of Americans willing to do so.
However, according to a recent report of the FBI, law enforcement officers in the United States every 42 seconds marijuana-related arrests. This is a network of 75 million people a year to catch up with the war on drugs marijuana alone. In its first four years in office, the Obama administration authorized medical marijuana dispensaries attacks, the Bush administration in both term supervision.
Colorado and Washington voters elected for the legalization of marijuana possession and distribution of in their respective countries in 2012, President Barack Obama promised federal law enforcement has bigger fish to fry ", rather than challenge marijuana distribution The new state statue.
However, a few months later, the White House still failed to clarify its position on the new law. White House spokesman recently told the talking points memo said: "We are still in the review process of these initiatives."
Nevertheless, advocates of legalization, there is a certain amount of public pressure will ultimately prove too much federal government to bear.
"The prohibition of marijuana is its last legs, said:" Tvert. "To the extent that it has failed, it is too obvious, can not be ignored."
Pew poll should help advocates like Tvert political ammunition they need to get the support of the fact that sensible drug policy.
à floating in the U.S. House of Representatives bill, HR 499, would end the federal prohibition of marijuana and allow states to tax and regulate the drug, they will be alcohol. The bill enjoyed bipartisan support, the city-state by the Colorado Democratic Rep. Jared, and co-sponsored by the California Republican Congressman Xie.
The difference is that more than half of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, but only 13 435 members less than 3% has been signed on the bill.
 
 



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