Over Half of Americans Now in Favor of Recreational CannabisBy Claire Bernish Performed by Vox in conjunction with Morning Consult, the poll marks a noteworthy shift away from the governments War on Drugs and marijuana prohibition largely considered a failed venture by experts, advocates, and observers. Of the 2,000 registered U.S. voters polled, another telling facet of arbitrary legality came to light: far more are opposed to legalized dangerous substances in the form of pharmaceuticals than are opposed to cannabis. [W]hile legal, pharmaceutical versions of methamphetamine and heroin are two of the most commonly prescribed and abused substances in the United States, nearly 80 percent of the respondents said they opposed the medicinal use of these drugs, High Times Mike Adams reported. Big Pharmas drugs, in fact, were found by a study in 2014 to kill more people than all illegal drugs combined. The poll also queried specifically whether people support or oppose decriminalization of various substances, defined as no arrest, prison time, or criminal record for the first-time possession of a small amount. Wholly 59 percent of respondents affirmed that cannabis users simply shouldnt be treated as criminals. Unfortunately, when it comes to every other substance even those with scientifically-proven medical and psychological benefits, like psilocybin Americans fall harshly on the side of criminal penalties for possession and use. It seems apparent cannabis maintains the advantage, having been legalized or decriminalized in varying degrees in a number of states. Perhaps the myriad economic and medicinal benefits making headlines have boosted the plants reputation in mainstream culture, while the Drug Wars negative PR effectively clings to similarly harmless substances. While the U.S. obviously hasnt come to the consensus necessary to end the War on Drugs as Portugal, Ireland, and others have done, the new poll echoes similar results and evidences the country has, at least, tired of cannabis prohibition. As if our opinions matter to our political overlords and what they want. it is insane to ban any plant whatsoever. cannabis will however further dumb down the american public, which is already deficient in the ability of independent thinking. why are people like soros pouring money into legalization efforts? locutus, I bet you are an overweight, unintelligent and have never done anything significant in your whole life. Why dont you do your research on marijuana before you post this dumb The fact is that the people that use this drug are extremely intelligent. If you had even a small amount of information on the subject you would have not posted such nonsense I did you have to smoke a joint to come up with this But a lot of people dont care if theyre dumbed down, they live for today and not their future. They let others obtain an education, make a good living and pay for the drug users health care-its the Obama way to a enlightened society. There is no evidence cannabis dumbs down anyone but its critics. THC and CBD are in love with our DNA. Move to Colorado and imbibe for the health of it and the great sunsetswith a little help form our friends. Its a good thing that they didnt say 100% of all Americans approve because they didnt ask me! Dont the people realize that smoke inhalation from marijuana leads to lung problems as well as other health problems not to mention economic problems for the users? Colorado approved rec usage and what have they gotten that is positive? Head-on collisions on the highways killing innocent people and other accidents that are horrendous. May jesus save your sad sad soul Maybe you can be reincarnated into someone with a real purpose in this world. And may you have a rupture somewhere within your being. Thats funny, how about studies that show even heavy consumption of unfiltered joints of strong cannabis leads to LESS lung cancer than not smoking anything at all? Cannabis use causes : SCHIZOPHRENIA its scientificaly proven! Ok then. what causes people born with schiz? you are an idiot. Why dont you check on the numbers of people with schiz in countries with it legalized? Another msm lie. You read stuff on this site and post this garbage as scientifically proven??? I can only hope one day the god allows all the people you tricked to prescribe you what you deserve. It only triggers the existing genetic predisposition of teenage onset schizophrenia it is actually a useful drug for managing the symptoms of the condition. largely considered a failed venture by experts, advocates, and observers. cannabis oil , og kush , bubba kush , green crack , blue dream and many others , place your order now at 420cannabisplug dot com 