Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal

Re:Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal by paxys on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:16PM (#26897502)

> This is particularly the case among adults ages 75 and older: Just 32% say marijuana should be legal for recreational and medical use, by far the lowest share for any age category and 21 percentage points lower than adults in the next-oldest age group

Sadly most elected officials fall in these age groups.

Legalizing weed at the Federal level will be a huge win even in states that have already done so. The industry has a very hard time dealing with banking, credit card payments, advertising etc. right now.

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Re:Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal by iaw on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:18PM (#26897512)

Not entirely true: " The average age of Members of the House at the beginning of the 116th Congress was 57.6 years; of Senators, 62.9 years." [0]

[0] https://guides.loc.gov/116th-congress-book-list

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Re:Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal by nprz on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:41PM (#26897727)

And interestingly, that number has been steeply increasing since 1980 https://i.imgur.com/6eiPP3z.jpg

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Re:Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal by paxys on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:27PM (#26897593)

Older members of congress wield significantly more power though by way of seniority and committee memberships.

Joe Biden (President) - 78

Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House) - 81

Steny Hoyer (House Majority Leader) - 81

Jim Clyburn (House Majority Whip) - 80

Chuck Schumer (Senate Majority Leader) - 70

Mitch McConnell (Senate Minority Leader) - 79

Patrick Leahy (President pro tempore) - 81

Dick Durbin (Senate Majority Whip) - 76

Most committee chairs/ranking members are 70+

These are the people running the country. A 30 year old first term congresswoman has next to zero influence in matters like this one.

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