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marijuana should be legal. This is in stark contrast to just ten years ago, when only 32 percent held this opinion. Among teens like you, the opinion that it should be legal in the U.S. is up to an astounding 71 percent. In 2006, only 34 percent of teens favored legalization. Gallup, a respected polling organization, conducted a survey in late 2017. Its findings were similar to those of the Pew Research Center. The Gallup poll showed, just one year later, that 64 percent of people favored legalization in the United States. Gallup points out that only 12 percent of people held this opinion in 1969, when your grandparents were close to your age. The State of Legalization In Canada, marijuana usage for any reason is legal as of July 2018. But, just like alcohol and cigarettes, age-verification is required. Many other countries also have

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