Medical Marijuana: One Issue Almost All of Us Agree on This Election Year

This year’s presidential race has brought out some of the most contentious, divisive and volatile responses and reactions among American voters. Thankfully, there is one issue almost all of us agree upon—legalizing medical marijuana.

Just how united are voters on MMJ? According to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, nearly 90 percent of Americans—81 percent of Republicans and 94 percent of Democrats—support medical marijuana legalization.

We don’t come anywhere near agreeing with each other on such hot-button issues as gun control, abortion, immigration, taxes, etc., but MMJ seems to bring us all together. And now, with Ohio having gone legal, more than half of our states have decided in favor of legal medical marijuana.

Despite these amazing polling number, one wonders why medical cannabis is so rarely, if ever, seriously discussed among our now narrow list of presidential candidates? Will they give more serious consideration to this issue at their...

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