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Sep 21, 2021 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
BREAKING: The House Rules Committee just cleared an NDAA amendment on marijuana banking for a floor vote—expected later this week.
BUT a separate measure on research on the benefits of psychedelics for active duty military members was blocked.
Here’s @MarijuanaMoment’s comprehensive look at the cannabis record of presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, from overseeing hundreds of thousands of arrests in NYC to calling legalization “the stupidest thing anybody has ever done.”
Solidly two-thirds of Americans now say it is time to make marijuana legal.
Cannabis legalization enjoys U.S. support by a more than two-to-one margin of 66% - 32%.
That's a supermajority.
DETAILS AND CHARTS: forbes.com/sites/tomangel…
Republican support for legal marijuana is rising, with 53% now on board - a 2-point bump from last year.
GOP opposition to legalizing cannabis also dropped 4 points from 2017 -- a 6-point net swing in Republican attitudes toward marijuana over 12 months.