US CA: OPED: How America Went To Pot

The Union, 31 Jan 2014 – When asked, “Do you think the use of marijuana should be made legal or not?” a recent Gallup poll found that 58 percent of American adults responded, “Yes,” compared to 31 percent in 2000 and only 12 percent in 1969. Let’s consider two ways this huge shift in public opinion might be explained.