Gallup's just-released poll showing a majority of Americans support the drug's legalization isn't fairly exact – at least not yetEver feel like you're experiencing deja vu? I'm certain it's happened to those of you who maintain smoked cannabis – you know,grass, marijuana, and,as the cold kids might say, weed. And while I'm not personally smoking the stuff, and I get the same feeling when talking about marijuana polling.
It was big news Tuesday when Gallup released a poll showing that a record high 58% of Americans believe marijuana should be legalized. But the proof that a majority of Americans are in favor of cannabis legalization is,as I wrote earlier this year, simply not there yet. capture the Gallup poll, and the trend in it over the past few years. It looks like a rollercoaster – 46% thinking it should be legal in 2010,50% in 2011, 48% in 2012 and 58% in 2013. I tend to doubt support jumped 10 percentage points in one year. Usually trends on social issues are more linear, and as with gay marriage.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com