Credit: Courtesy of MPP

With New Hampshire poised to become the 14th state to legalize medi-pot — and similar legislation pending in at least two additional states — it would seem that the tide is turning in favor of medical cannabis regulation.

But what about pot tax-and-regulate schemes? What does the American public say about ending prohibition? Two charts of recent polls — contrasted with one from 2005 — put together by the folks at the Marijuana Policy Project suggest that tanker might be starting to turn too…

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