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Why The Next President May Have To Support Marijuana Legalization

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 04/08/2015 - 08:00

If presidential candidates want the backing of three major swing states in 2016, they may have to support the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana. According to Quinnipiac University’s Swing State Poll, the vast majority of voters in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are pro pot.

In both Ohio and Florida, 84 percent of voters support medical marijuana, while 88 percent favor it in Pennsylvania. Although the majorities are much smaller, 55 percent, 52 percent, and 51 percent of voters favor the possession of “small amounts of marijuana for personal use” in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, respectively.

Ironically, voters in the three states are more interested in the idea of legalization than anything else, as most don’t actually plan on using it. More than 80 percent of people polled in each state said they “definitely” or “probably” would not use it themselves.

In response to the poll, Marijuana Majority Chairman Tom...

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/04/06/3643234/we-may-have-a-pro-pot-president-soon/

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