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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (712677)	11/11/2005 7:40:26 PM
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Support for Re-legalizing Marijuana Reaches All-Time High Public support for legalizing marijuana has reached an all-time high -- another victory for libertarian ideas. According to a new Gallup study: * The percentage of Americans who favor making the personal use of marijuana legal has risen more than 33 percent since 1995. * Overall, thirty-six percent of Americans favoring legalization, up from 25 percent in 1995 and only 12 percent in 1969. * Sixty percent said they oppose legalizing marijuana, down from 73 percent just a decade ago. * Younger Americans (aged 18 to 29) are the strongest supporters of marijuana law reform, with 47 percent endorsing legalization. Having a near-majority of young voters favoring legalization is a very positive sign. * Among adults aged 30 to 64, 35 percent support legalization; among those aged 65 and older, 22 percent. * Men (39 percent) are more likely than women (30 percent) to support legalization. * Nearly half of citizens residing in Western states back legalization. * By party: 21 percent of Republican voters favor legalization; 37 percent of Democrats; and a whopping 44 percent of self-identified Independents. Gallup's conclusion: "The data make it clear that despite the gender and age differences that still persist, all subgroups are more likely to support legalized marijuana today than three decades ago." (Sources: NORML: norml.org Marijuana Policy Project: mpp.org Full Gallup poll results: csdp.org ) * * * William F. Buckley: "An outrage..." "The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a few ounces of marijuana in their jeans simply makes no sense -- the kindest way to put it. A sterner way to put it is that it is an outrage, an imposition on basic civil liberties and on the reasonable expenditure of social energy." -- conservative icon William F. Buckley, "Legalization of Marijuana Long Overdue," June 8, 1993.