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Poll: Eighty Five Percent Of Grandparents Favor Marijuana Legalization
    #14532325 - 05/29/11 06:53 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

85% of Grandparent Respondents Favor Marijuana Legalization, According to GRAND Magazine Reader Poll

Online Magazine for Grandparents Releases Response Results to Op-Ed Question Posed in its March/April Issue

St. Petersburg, FL. (PRWEB) May 26, 2011

Attitudes about the criminalization of marijuana may be changing among the elders of our society, as the more than 70 million of the baby boomer generation, one to widely experiment with recreational drug use, have and will become grandparents.

GRAND Magazine, the online magazine for today’s grandparents, released today results from their poll question which appeared in the March/April issue. It asked readers if it was time to legalize marijuana. 85% responded that they agreed it was.

The reader respondents who are pot proponents argued in their responses that it is hypocritical to outlaw pot when cigarettes, alcohol and fat-laden foods are legal but account for so many health issues among our population. They point out that marijuana is used to treat medical symptoms such as pain and nausea, and that in some states it is legal for shops to dispense medical marijuana. The billions that are spent in the U.S. on policing and courts related to this issue could be spent on better schools or infrastructure.

Grandparents who are part of the baby boomer generation (those born from 1946 to 1964)(1) have a unique perspective on marijuana, having come of age during a time when pot use became mainstream. 21st century grandparents are a group with a significant influence on the country’s youth as they are the primary caregivers for more than 6 million children(2). In fact, approximately 75 percent of all non-parental care of children is provided by a grandparent(3), representing a large shift in family dynamics. Now it seems that as they guide and influence new generations, they view marijuana use increasingly as a harmless indulgence rather than a gateway to a lifetime of drug abuse.

Among the reader response comments were:

“I am a grandparent strongly in favor of decriminalization. I would much rather my grandkids smoke pot than use cigarettes or alcohol. I expect I will need cannabis for my health soon and don’t want (it) to be illegal. The whole charade needs to stop; we are blowing far too much money on the drug war and have no positive results to show for it. The whole approach is counterproductive,” said D.W., Guysville, OH.

“I am a grandparent of a 17 year-old granddaughter who has been struggling with drug addiction since she was 14 years old. I believe that marijuana is a gateway drug and it has always been her reluctance to give up pot that has brought her back again and again to more dangerous drugs. I understand that the same arguments that have been used for years with the responsible adult consumption of alcohol apply to responsible adult use of pot. … I would vote against legal sale of marijuana…,” said A.C.

To read additional reader responses, click here (http://www.grandmagazine.com/article.asp?id=485)

The link to the page in the GRAND magazine March/April online edition op-ed reader poll that asks, ‘Is it time to legalize marijuana?’ is: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/grand/20110304_v3/index.php#/51/OnePage

GRAND Magazine

GRAND magazine is an online bi-monthly magazine that serves the more than 70 million U.S. grandparent market. It is delivered exclusively in digital format. It is published by GRAND Media, LLC, which was established in 2004. For more information about GRAND magazine visit: http://www.GRANDmagazine.com.

1. U.S. Census Bureau

2. American Community Survey, 2007, U.S. Census Bureau

3. State Fact Sheet for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children, 2007, AARP Foundation, Brookdale Foundation Group, Casey Family Programs, Child Welfare League of America, Children’s Defense Fund, and Generations United

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For the original version on PRWeb visit here.

Tags: Baby Boomers, Grandparents, law enforcement, legalization, Parenting, police, prohibition, Public Policy


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Re: Poll: Eighty Five Percent Of Grandparents Favor Marijuana Legalization [Re: skatealex2]
    #14532407 - 05/29/11 07:06 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

85%? Wow that's a real sea-change from the past.


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Re: Poll: Eighty Five Percent Of Grandparents Favor Marijuana Legalization [Re: Le_Canard]
    #14532628 - 05/29/11 07:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

The old people want weed. Give them their weeddddd!


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Re: Poll: Eighty Five Percent Of Grandparents Favor Marijuana Legalization [Re: runepanther]
    #14532997 - 05/29/11 09:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Sorry this is a repost.


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Re: Poll: Eighty Five Percent Of Grandparents Favor Marijuana Legalization [Re: skatealex2]
    #14533071 - 05/29/11 09:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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5-HT2A said:
Sorry this is a repost.




This is true:
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