“Nearly two-thirds of conservative and moderate Democrats (63%) say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use. An overwhelming majority of liberal Democrats (82%) say the same.”

“ A 63% majority of Republicans ages 18 to 29 favor making marijuana legal for recreational and medical use,”
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/16/americans-overwhelmingly-say-marijuana-should-be-legal-for-recreational-or-medical-use/

We need to push this hard.

Not sure about the Senate but the Democratic leaders of the Senate seem supportive. You are correct about Biden but if it actually passed the Senate I think with the polling Biden would consider it but I doubt it would pass the Senate unless the filibuster was abolished.

ANY chance they get to "own the libs," they'll exploit.

I honestly don't think it goes any deeper than that.

California, Oregon and Washington for starters, have legal weed. The Left coast led the way. The politicians come around to it, or at least the taxes we raise for local issues. Two of my kids are employed in the business. We live the progressive enlightenment. We need no ones approval. Jerry Brown never endorsed it.

60's. It makes them feel like the hippies won and hurts their fee fee's.

If it were legal everywhere, the profits of the drug runners would fall to zero, and half their anonymous contributions would dry up.

By the way, the hippies were right. About everything.

Democrats would be wise to publicize their position for legalization , and project who is against it. That group opposed is mostly Republicans, and some likely have private prison stocks. Profiting off of MJ, and more minorities being sent to prison for it is just another act of racism for profit. Its time that stops.

Legalizing another substance that is commonly ingested into the lungs by smoking isn't good for people's health either.

I was a daily user for 25 yrs until quitting completely 15 or so years ago. That was the major reason I decided to quit.

Legalization leads to edibles which you can’t buy off the street unless the dealer got it from a dispensary.

I think nicotine from tobacco is more harmful not to mention addictive.

Anybody can make edibles at home.
I do. And I make them for friends who can’t afford dispensary prices.
I also make capsules of decarbolyzed weed.
Very effective.

anything that makes people happy.

really want you to be as miserable as possible or otherwise they couldn't get you money or have someone to listen to their BS.

Another group are older Americans that have listened to the racially charged taboo of weed since the middle of the 20th century.

Another bunch is law enforcement - they depend on it for much of their very existence. the whole justice system is supported in a large part by prohibition of some sort and/or guns.

Regardless of what happens anywhere else I doubt that Texas will legalize recreational weed in my lifetime (72). Assholes.