Pubdate: Thu, 03 Oct 2013
Source: Baltimore Sun (MD)
Copyright: 2013 The Baltimore Sun Company
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37
Author: Erin Cox

ACLU POLL FINDS GROWING SUPPORT FOR LEGALIZING POT

A new poll commissioned in part by the American Civil Liberties Union 
found growing support in Maryland for both decriminalizing marijuana 
and legalizing it outright. Two-thirds of residents surveyed 
supported eliminating jail time for marijuana possession, and a 
majority backed allowing Maryland to regulate and tax pot like 
alcohol. Commissioned by the ACLU and the Marijuana Policy Project, 
the survey's findings mirror national attitudes about legalizing the 
drug. In April, a national poll released by the Pew Research Center 
found that for the first time in four decades, a majority of 
Americans supported legalizing marijuana.
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