It's about time @wisgop: Wisconsin poised to become 38th state to approve medical marijuana

 

Map: ProCon

Headline:  Wisconsin Public Radio, 1/9/2023

From WPR:

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, told Wisconsin Public Radio's "The Morning Show" on Monday that he favors partial legalization of the drug. 

"I support a form of medical marijuana, where it is very restricted, so it's only going to folks who have a true medical condition," Vos said. 

He also called legalization of the drug for recreational purposes "poisonous" within the GOP caucus. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has repeatedly called for Wisconsin to legalize recreational weed.

 

Who is the GOP answering to?  In 2019, a majority of Marquette poll respondents favored the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana.

Marquette Law School polls

Three years later, the percentage of respondents who favored the legalization of marijuana jumped to 69%, up 14 percentage point from 2019.   Seems to me like it's the GOP theatrics over the issue that is 'poisonous'.