A new poll came out recently showing that 54% of Americans support full legalization of marijuana and a whopping 89% support medical marijuana, "with every demographic backing it with at least 81 percent support."

And this terrifies some people.

Up to 11 states could be voting on pro-marijuana bills this November.

guaranteed to vote on marijuana

Nevada: full legalization for adults
Maine: full legalization for adults
Florida: medical marijuana

most probably will vote on marijuana

California: full legalization for adults

still collecting signatures

Arizona: full legalization for adults
Massachusetts: full legalization for adults
Montana: full legalization for adults
North Dakota: full legalization for adults
Arkansas: medical marijuana
Missouri: medical marijuana
Oklahoma: medical marijuana

This long-overdue movement to legalize a largely harmless weed is being done entirely from the grassroots. Politicians are being forced, kicking and screaming, to accept it. Hillary's current position is incremental reform after previously opposing it.
Largely anonymous political action groups have sprung up to oppose legalization, and they all say the same thing -

Won't Someone Think of the Children!

One of the things that gets brought up again and again – despite the many studies saying otherwise – is that legalization will increase the rate at which our youth become users of marijuana. Whether it’s preschoolers accidentally eating a THC infused gummy or a teen getting bud with a fake I.D., it’s always one of the first “go-to” reasons in these situations.
Scott Gagnon (spokesman of Mainers Protecting Our Youth and Communities as well as chairman of Smart Approaches to Marijuana) has already used both of these as examples. He tried to use edibles and emergency room trips with young children at first – to which David Boyer (spokesman of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol) responded that those studies are inconclusive; especially considering after legalization people are more likely to be honest with a doctor about whether or not marijuana may have been involved.
The next issue that Gagnon brought up was that the initiative did not outline any penalties for anyone who sells marijuana to minors. To which Boyer stated simply that they did not feel the need to add that as it is already illegal and will remain illegal after the referendum passes.

Uh, yeah. The thing is, someone has already looked into this.

The study, which surveyed more than 216,000 adolescents from all 50 states, surprisingly found marijuana use by young people is dropping and marijuana-related problems among teens are dropping, even as availability and adult marijuana use goes up, according to a press release.
The researchers used data from people aged 12 to 17 collected over a 12-year span. In that time from 2002 to 2013, the number of teens who had problems related to marijuana, like drug dependency or trouble with school and relationships, declined by 24 percent.
At the same time as this drop in marijuana use, behavioral problems, like fighting and drug dealing, also dropped.

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts have also come out against marijuana legalization. It seems that legalizing pot will turn workers everywhere into stoners in the same way legalizing alcohol turned them all into drunks. [/s]

In Arizona, the opposing to marijuana legalization is coming from the most hypocritical group of all.

According to the Phoenix New Times, a top Arizona anti-marijuana legalization group that champions public health has taken campaign contributions from an industry that some may see as deeply hypocritical: booze.
Earlier this week, the New Times reported that Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy (ARDP), a major player in the fight against legalization in the state, received a $10,000 donation from the Arizona Wine and Spirits Wholesale Association (AWSWA) last month, citing campaign-finance records.
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"It really is exceptionally hypocritical for this group, which claims marijuana is too dangerous to regulate, is taking money from purveyors of a far more dangerous substance," Mason Tvert, spokesperson for the Marijuana Policy Project — the group behind a heavily supported legalization measure in Arizona — told ATTN: of ARDP's opposition.
"This campaign to maintain marijuana prohibition is being funded by alcohol money and it raises a lot fo questions about the actual intentions of this group, which says they are primarily interested in public health," Tvert said.

In California, the opposition is coming from nearly as cynical of group - prisons and prison guards.

“Roughly half of the money raised to oppose a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in California is coming from police and prison guard groups, terrified that they might lose the revenue streams to which they have become so deeply addicted,” The Intercept’s Lee Fang reported on Wednesday.

A new study shows an increase of people being caught transporting marijuana from Colorado to Nebraska. Of course once you read the article you learn there is nothing surprising here.

“From what we can take from the data, we think it’s more of the small, personal use. It’s not people bringing over large amounts for sale,” Spohn said. “Although the smaller amounts could then be distributed to friends, family, small networks, things like that. But I don’t think it’s people bringing bales over, I don’t think we’re seeing increases like that.”
Marijuana is decriminalized in Nebraska, but that doesn’t mean there are no consequences for possessing it. Anything under an ounce is considered a minor infraction, punishable by a fine of up to $300 for first time offenders.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper called voters "reckless" for approving legalization in the first place, a remark he later downgraded to "risky." He has since changed his tune.

“If I had that magic wand now, I don’t know if I would wave it,” he said. “It’s beginning to look like it might work.”
It was the latest in a series of comments Hickenlooper has made signaling what looks like an evolution of his views on marijuana. In April last year, during an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, Hickenlooper said legal weed was “not as vexing as we thought it was going to be.”
And during an appearance on "60 Minutes," he predicted that Colorado might “actually create a system that could work” in successfully regulating marijuana.
Why the change?
“The predictions of fire and brimstone have failed to materialize,” said Mason Tvert, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, a national group working to reform pot laws. “Most Coloradoans, including the governor, recognize that the law is working.”