Marijuana in the 2016 U.S. Election

The news media will certainly focus a lot on marijuana in the 2016 election. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that marijuana is covered a lot in the media these days. Many mainstream media outlets, once strong opponents of legalization, have now embraced marijuana with spin-off publications that focus solely on cannabis or they have reporters covering the marijuana beat. We will see marijuana coverage increase both locally and nationally as public support for legalization increases, media outlets recognize an increase in “click” from their coverage, more marijuana measures are placed on the ballot across the nation, federal reforms continue to be introduced and political candidates are asked their opinion about the subject.

Newsweek covered the change in public opinion and previewed the stances of major presidential candidates in its special edition “2016: The Marijuana Election“:

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