By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 30, 2012
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Once again, a major polling organization, this time Rasmussen, has asked Americans:
To help solve America’s fiscal problems, should the country legalize and tax marijuana?
And once again, like the Gallup Poll from last year, more Americans think we should legalize than do not:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that 47% now believe the country should legalize and tax marijuana in order to help solve the nation’s fiscal problems. Forty-two percent (42%) disagree, while 10% are undecided.
Posted in SCIENCE | Tagged 2012, Gallup, gallup poll, Legalization, Rasmussen
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Contact your elected representatives and urge them to 'Stop Arresting Marijuana Smokers'. 
Bigger majorities support legalization these days. Those that don’t support it are either brainwashed reefer madness leftovers and those who profit from it being illegal.
Rasmussen is well-known for being a “right-leaning” polling outfit.
Check this out: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Ra8odpR020wJ:fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/rasmussen-polls-were-biased-and-inaccurate-quinnipiac-surveyusa-performed-strongly/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us