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Poll: Four Percent Of Americans Think U.S. Is Winning The War On Drugs
By Nicole Flatow on August 20, 2013 at 4:51 pm
americas_drugsummit01The number of Americans who support the War on Drugs is getting lower and lower. In the most recent poll by Rasmussen, only four percent said they think the United States is winning the War on Drugs. That’s down from 7 percent in November. The number who think the United States is losing remains steady at an overwhelming 82 percent, with 13 percent undecided.
The so-called “War on Drugs” declared by President Richard Nixon in 1971, has turned out to be an expensive and violent international prohibition endeavor, that, more than 40 years later, is partially to blame for the United States’ bloated prison population.
The latest poll came just as Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would shift his law enforcement priorities away from long prison sentences for drug offenders. Fifty-five percent of those surveyed just after the announcement agreed there are too many people in America’s prisons, and 51 percent agreed with Holder’s approach to limit the number of mandatory minimum prison sentences.
In the poll, which tends to skew conservative, more respondents (44 percent) supported marijuana legalization than opposed it (42 percent). But the percentage of support for marijuana legalization is still lower than in other polls. A Pew poll in April found that a majority of Americans support marijuana legalization. According to the Rasmussen poll, 11 percent even support legalizing and regulating cocaine like alcohol and tobacco.
glassman
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i bet that 4 percent are all involved in the business on the govt. side.
raybond
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As in all wars there is money to be made and the war on drugs is no different. Maybe even more money than a conventional war. This war has been going on to long and to many people are making a good living on it on both sides. I have seen it in the prison inmates that we guard. Any way to stop it now would be very hard.
buckstalker
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Legalize all drugs and 3 things will happen...
1. 80% of the violent crimes that are committed will cease
2. Most people that use drugs will continue to use drugs
3. Most people that don't use drugs will continue to be drug free
The "war on drugs" is a farce and a violation of our "freedoms"
raybond
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There are many ideas and many proposals on how to end this insane method that we are now using, and to legalize is but one it may be the easiest and least expensive. I myself am saying it worth a try, the sooner the better.
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