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62% of Californians support 'regulate marijuana like wine'



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Why not? I keep waiting to hear a good reason why we shouldn't legalize marijuana and regulate it. With the economic crisis crushing the economy, now more than ever, it makes sense. I don't smoke pot these days but I'd rather be around laid back stoners rather than obnoxious drunks any day of the week.

The statewide poll of 800 likely voters conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates found support for the initiative at 62%, with 35% opposed and 3% undecided. No cross-tabs have been made available. The poll found even higher levels of support for more general critiques of current drug laws and the level of attention California law enforcement pays to marijuana. Four out of five respondents (80%) agreed with the statement, “State and federal drug laws are outdated and have failed, therefore, we need to take a new approach that makes sense for today,” while 71% agreed that law enforcement spends too much, time, money, and resources enforcing marijuana laws. If RMLW were to pass, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office has projected “savings of potentially several tens of millions of dollars annually to state and local governments of the costs of incarcerating and supervising certain marijuana offenders,” as well as potentially generating “hundreds of millions of dollars in net additional tax revenues related to the production and sale of marijuana products.”


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