Throughout the past few years, the American public has been watching and debating politics in a way that is unprecedented and usually saved for sports and celebrities. However, while debate and tensions over politics are running high, there is a topic that Americans are even more passionate about: marijuana.
EduBirdie, a ghostwriting and proofreading service, works with more than 6 million people each year to help with dissertations, essays and opinion pieces. Of all of the requests for written work that EduBirdie receives, they have found that across the United States, the most mentioned word is “marijuana,” more so than mentions of Trump or Putin.
Why is this topic so popular? Recreational marijuana is fully legal in just 20% of the United States, and with millennials and Gen Z-ers being so politically active and socially-minded, it’s no wonder that legalization is the topic they are working with EduBirdie to communicate about most. Support for legalization is stronger nationwide than ever in the past, with almost three-quarters of Democrats and about half of Republicans in support of legalization. Legalization is most often a ballot initiative, and does not typically run…