Opinion | The High Price of Federal Marijuana Legalization

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : But this is very different from commercialization -- a policy that would legalize the use, possession, production and sale of marijuana and allow major corporations to advertise and promote their products.
56% : Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently released a much-anticipated discussion draft of a bill to legalize marijuana.
51% : Altria is lobbying for marijuana legalization at the state and federal levels.
49% : Since 2015, among Colorado high school students who used marijuana in the past 30 days, the proportion of those who smoked it declined 15%, while the number who reported using concentrated marijuana rose 138.5%.
48% : On the same day the Senate draft bill was released, a panel of 13 world-renowned marijuana researchers, including Hoover Adger of Johns Hopkins, sent a letter to Mr. Schumer that outlined three worrying trends in states that have legalized marijuana.
48% : Tobacco companies spent decades lying about the dangers of smoking, and now they are seizing on the cultural shift toward marijuana.
45% : It's common to see products with levels of THC -- the main psychoactive component of marijuana -- upward of 90%.
44% : And according to data from the American Automobile Association and the Colorado Department of Transportation, traffic fatalities in which the driver tested positive for marijuana doubled following legalization in Washington state and Colorado.
43% : But if marijuana is legalized entirely, the bill should at least include a 10% to 15% cap on marijuana potency, severe limits on advertising, a ban on any form of flavored or child-friendly products such as vapes and candies, and a ban on tobacco-industry participation.

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