A RECENT PEW RESEARCH CENTER SURVEY SHOWS 75 PERCENT OF AMERICANS' POLLED THINK MARIJUANA WILL EVENTUALLY BE LEGAL NATIONWIDE. ALBUQUERQUE STATE SENATOR GERALD ORTIZ Y PINO … WHO'S SPONSORED LEGISLATION TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL POT IN NEW MEXICO … AGREES, BUT NOTES HOW FAST MANY HAVE CHANGED THEIR OPINION. HE ALSO SAYS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HE'S SEEN IN NEW MEXICO. HE SAYS EVERY TIME RESIDENTS ARE SURVEYED, THE NUMBERS IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA GET HIGHER.
ORTIZ Y PINO SAYS WHILE LAWMAKERS CONSIDER LEGALIZING MARIJUANA NATIONALLY … THE STATES THAT GET IN ON THE POT INDUSTRY EARLY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM IT THE MOST.
