Pew: Majority Of Americans Support Pot Legalization

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The Huffington Post has this report. Excerpts:

A national Pew Research Center poll released Thursday (April 4 — today shows the majority of Americans support pot legalization 52 percent to 45 percent, with 72 percent who say that the cost of federal law enforcement efforts are not worth it.

The results mark the first time in more than four decades of Pew’s polling that a majority has taken that position. …

The numbers are driven in part by an apparent shift in how baby boomers feel about the drug of their youth. …

On Wednesday, the Hawaii House of Representatives killed a decriminalization measure, saying it did not have enough votes to pass.

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—Chad Blair

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