Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history

[RainDog]

227. Three things have changed since the 1990s

The first one: internet access has grown from smaller groups of early users on text-based forums to huge numbers of people with access to graphical interfaces. The internet revolution in information has extended to this topic. People talk about something that they may not have discussed otherwise. People have access to data that is not filtered by the govt and its media arms.

Two: California enacted its medical marijuana law in 1996. The sky did not fall. People learned about medical benefits.

Three: Older Americans who had no experience with marijuana died off. As the boomers move into retirement age, we see more people among that demographic who are supportive of legalization - and these same people have also found there are medical benefits for them with the use of marijuana for diseases and conditions that often come with age.

None of these conditions are going to change back to what they were prior to the 1990s. I expect support for legalization will continue to grow until it stabilizes at around 30-40% against and 70-60% for legalization - we have a consistent 30% of the population that is simply bone dead stupid about just about every issue.