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MARQUETTE POLL SHOULD ASK ABOUT POT

Another Marquette Law School poll is out.  But once again, no questions about cannabis legalization were asked.  One has to go all the way back to September 2014 for that.

Each time a poll is released, it gets massive media attention.  The issues raised by the poll trigger public discussion and shape the state debate.  By failing to include public opinions on cannabis, Marquette is stifling debate.  Is that for political reasons?

Wisconsinites are not oblivious to developments in other states.  Twenty-six states now have some sort of medical cannabis law, including Louisiana, where a formerly symbolic law passed in 1978 was recently amended to create a workable state medical cannabis program.  Wisconsin passed a similar law in 1982.  In Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington State and Washington D.C., voters have legalized the adult use of cannabis, and more states will be voting on medical and adult use this November.

Here in Wisconsin the topic apparently has been declared taboo.  This represents a grave disservice to state voters.  Professor Charles Franklin and the Marquette Law School poll must do better if they care about their mission.

- -- Gary Storck, Madison