Since the first efforts to legalize marijuana in the 1960s, Americans have become gradually more accepting of proposals to liberalize laws restricting possessionand use of the drug, but the shift has not been a straight line. After 11 states decriminalized marijuana possession in the 1970s, a backlash led by suburban parents led to much stricter enforcement of drug laws. But since California legalized medical marijuana in 1996, attitudes toward the drug have softened considerably.
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