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Few issues have garnered more attention from Americans in recent memory than the expansion of marijuana.

Marijuana's tug-of-war

Just a decade ago, based on a poll from Gallup, only around a third of respondents to its survey were in favor of seeing marijuana legalized on a national level. Yet, here were stand in 2015 with three major polls (Gallup, General Social Survey and Pew Research Center) all pointing to a majority of respondents being in favor of marijuana's nationwide legalization, at least by a slim margin. Focus solely on medical marijuana and the responses swing even more strongly into the "favorable" camp.

The growing acceptance of marijuana among Americans has led to a decisive shift in how select states view the drug, which is still illegal on a federal level. Today, there are 23 states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal use, with four states and Washington, D.C. expanding marijuana's...

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