Marijuana has higher approval ratings than Congress, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

[tekisui]

Source: How to Grow Bud

Monday’s Gallup poll showing that a record 44% of Americans favor making marijuana legal has brought increased attention to the need for an open, national debate on marijuana policy.

The fact that 44% percent of people favor taxing and regulating marijuana is even more impressive because—in stark contrast to many other public policy issues—for once, a substantial number of Americans actually view an issue favorably.

After all, Americans are a finicky bunch. We don’t like much these days, and in 2009 it’s impressive for anything to get 44% approval ratings. In fact, according to the latest numbers from a variety of polling sources, the idea of taxing and regulating marijuana enjoys higher support among the American public than the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the top Democrat and top Republican in the House of Representatives, and—perhaps not surprisingly—Congress itself.

Take a look at th(e) figures:

http://www.howtogrowbud.com/2009/10/marijuana-has-higher-approval-ratings-than-congress-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/

[devilgrrl]

1. Of course it does. Marijuana doesn't get people killed.

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[Oregone]

2. Before or after they smoke it?

[Motown_Johnny]

3. "Higher" approval rating is right

[Bluzmann57]

4. Good news. Sort of.

But hemmorhoids may be more popular than the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Congress. So how big of a deal is it, really?

[bridgit]

5. hahaha, that's plenty true enough - so does Nickelodeon & Cartoon Network...

But I'm sure that has little to do with g-bud :smoke:

[naaman fletcher]

6. Yes and no..

From the article:

Monday’s Gallup poll showing that a record 44% of Americans favor making marijuana legal has brought increased attention to the need for an open, national debate on marijuana policy.

The fact that 44% percent of people favor taxing and regulating marijuana is even more impressive because—in stark contrast to many other public policy issues—for once, a substantial number of Americans actually view an issue favorably.

These are not the same thing. I am in favor of legalizing it. I am against taxing it (other than whatever local sales tax everything else is subject to) and am against regulating it.