cannabis legalization is widely popular with voters in both parties 70% of Americans say cannabis should be legal including a slim majority of Republicans according to recent polls it is now bad politics it seems to be anti-legalization vice president Kamala Harris introduced broad legalization bills when she was a Senator and called Federal prohibition absurd at a White House cannabis Roundtable and now Trump has made multiple public statements opening the door to cannabis reform as well it is now possible that can becomes a talking point on the debate stage on September 10th and there may not be as much daylight between the candidates as there once was