Three-quarters of registered voters in D.C. support decriminalizing marijuana possession and making it punishable by just a $100 citation, according to a survey of 1,621 voters conducted by Public Policy Polling.
All the leading candidates in the at-large D.C. Council race support decriminalizing marijuana, but one man has put pot above all else.
“I hate to quote Richard Nixon, but there is a silent majority that supports this,” said Paul Zukerberg, who is on the ballot for Tuesday’s special election. “We’re arresting thousands and thousands of young people every year for marijuana. It’s a bad policy and it’s terrible.”