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Marijuana Industry News September 27, 2013

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Poll: Majority of California Residents Support Legal Marijuana…

While many think that support for marijuana legalization in California is a foregone conclusion, that has not always been the case.  Residents have supported medical marijuana for years.  At times, residents against recreational legalization have seemed to outnumber those for it.  That trend is starting to change and recent polls show a majority of residents do support legal marijuana. With what happened last year in Colorado and Washington, and the DOJ’s recent admission that they will not prosecute those in accordance with state law, it may not be a surprise if the trend continues all over.  A recent poll conducted by Public Policy Institute of California, indicated that 52% of California residents would like to see marijuana legalized. Democrats favored legalization by a margin of 64-33 while Republicans favored keeping marijuana illegal by a margin of 53-45%.  The poll also found significantly more support for federal authorities to respect state laws,  68% of  likely voters said the federal government should not interfere with state marijuana laws.  California has encountered considerable financial and budgetary problems, perhaps making the idea of green lighting new tax revenues popular.

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NORML Makes Attempt at Getting Marijuana Ad to Air During Superbowl…

The NFL may not be able hide under its archaic marijuana policy for much longer.  Calls to reduce mandatory suspensions for marijuana violations
are coming from all over.  There is no mandatory suspension for Dui related arrests.  Marijuana  Policy Project recently put up a billboard outside of the Denver Broncos stadium that questioned the NFL’s pro alcohol and anti-marijuana policies.  The billboard received a great deal of press.  Now there may be a chance NORML takes the issue to even newer heights.  Intuit is running a contest where the organization that receives the most votes will have a Superbowl ad paid for.  NORML’s ad is currently the leader in votes.  It will be interesting to see if Intuit will award NORML or refuse to help the ad air.  Fox, the television host of the Superbowl may also elect not air the commercial.  Unfortunately for Intuit, they may find that you cannot send an open offer to the people if you are not prepared to discuss what is truly on their minds.

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High Profile Mexicans Urge Decriminalization In Newspaper Ad…

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox has been beating the marijuana legalization  drum for years.  The country is experiencing devastating cartel violence and the idea of legalizing marijuana to reduce cartel power is popular.  Earlier this week, a newspaper advertisement was printed with many highly successful Mexican residents including a Nobel prize scientist, businessmen, actors, and lawmakers coming together to call for marijuana decriminalization.  The ad had a caption that read :

“Mexico has paid a high cost for applying the punitive policy of prohibition.  We know well that neither decriminalization nor any other individual measure represents a panacea to end the violence, corruption and lawlessness in Mexico. But effective decriminalization of marijuana consumption by raising the dose permitted for personal use is a step in the right direction.”

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