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Nationwide polls show that a slim majority of Americans want to legalize pot for any purpose. Seventy-five percent believe that marijuana legalization is inevitable, according to a Pew Research Center survey in 2014. However, few politicians on the national scene are actively leading the fight to make marijuana legal in their home states or at the federal level.
Most political support is for limited medical use. Others have done their part for the cannabis cause by supporting rules to require the federal government not prosecute individuals using marijuana per their state's rules. Here are 10 politicians who have at least partially supported legal marijuana or states' rights around pot:
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1. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon)
The Oregon representative introduced the Marijuana Tax Revenue Act, which would create a federal excise tax for recreational marijuana.
2. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado)
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