Likelihood of drugs and/or policing changing voting patterns in the future

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

I see marijuana as one of those opinion shifts that's sweeping the nation rapidly, across all demographic groups and most political persuasions. The explosion of CBD popularity has greatly reduced the stigma involved as well, despite CBD being about as psychoactive as valerian. And the vast majority of the Baby Boomers who now occupy the rank and file of the GOP have partaken at one time or another. No one is bothering to deny it, even.

At the same time, several states are serving as laboratories for the consequences of legalization. The arguments against criminalization will evaporate if there are no dire public health or safety consequences.

The same thing is happening with same-sex marriage. Despite many claims to the contrary, Americans on the whole don't want to butt into the personal business of others. Especially if we identify with them on a cultural level.