Marijuana legalization could reach a national tipping point on Election Day
When Keith Stroup joined the movement to legalize marijuana in the early 1970s, just 12 percent of the American public supported legalization.
Today, polls show that a majority of Americans support legalization, and in the past four years four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational pot.
“We’ve made an incredible leap in support, but it has been slow and gradual,” said Stroup, who founded the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, one of the country’s leading pro-legalization groups. “Now I think we’re beginning to accelerate.”
As Election Day draws near, the plethora of marijuana-related initiatives on state ballots across the country highlight the gains made by NORML and other legalization groups in recent decades.
Measures to legalize recreational marijuana are on the ballot in five states this year: California, Nevada, Arizona, Maine and Massachusetts. Four other states — Florida, Arkansas, North Dakota and Montana —...
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