56% of Americans support FULL legalization of marijuana - newest Rasmussen poll

[RainDog]

14. Colorado has a chance to change this in 2012.

And, just because the 2010 CA initiative didn't pass - it's not over.

That's how social change takes place. Sometimes small steps, sometimes big steps. Something unforeseen occurs in the middle of momentum - I think about the nations in Eastern Europe that kept pushing against Soviet domination - people were making big steps within their states, but the bureaucracy and its spokespersons held sway - held power. No one in the U.S. knew the fall of the Berlin Wall was coming. It took American pols by surprise because they were unaware. Hungary had made it possible for people in Eastern Europe to leave... Hungary was one state that started the entire change in travel policy... the U.S. ignored this, btw - but people would no longer abide govt's intrusion on their individual liberties for the sake of some outworn ideology.

That's what's happening now with this issue - people want the govt. to stop wasting taxpayer money going after cannabis users. People will no longer accept the dictates of the central bureaucracy in the DEA. No one believes what they have to say about this issue. The more people learn about this issue, the more they support legalization.

Personally, when you consider the forces that are aligned against legalization - they are some of the most powerful groups in the nation. We have an entire govt. bureaucracy dedicated to propaganda to squash legalization.

In spite of that, for more than a decade, a majority has supported legal mmj - and now a majority, more than once, supports legal marijuana.

Considering that probably 30% of the American population will remain ignorant about this and many other issues - the support numbers are pretty impressive.