The Many Faces of Marijuana Advocacy

In the simplest terms, an advocate is a champion for a cause—a person or a group of people with the goal of influencing a larger population, be it on an economic scale, political scale or just to sway public opinion. Groups advocating for marijuana legalization seem to be making headway, though the current state of marijuana’s legality is anything but a sure thing.

Despite recreational cannabis now being legal in four states and Washington, D.C., and medical marijuana now being legal in 23 states, there is still considerable resistance. Politicians such as Gov. Chris Christie, a presidential hopeful, has stated his wish toreinstate federal laws to states that have overturned them, despite public opinion having swayed towards favoring marijuana legalization.

In fact, in a March 2015 study done by the Pew Research Center, the support of marijuana legalization is shown to have become the popular opinion. The Pew...

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