20% of Americans think the war on drugs is worth the costs.
That might be true. There are a lot of conversatives who believe that most government programs aren’t worth the cost. It however doesn’t mean that those people are in favor of legalisation.
According to the latest Gallup poll 50% still believe that marijuana should be illegal.
That’s just marijuana. When it comes to harder drugs even more people want them to be illegal.
First, there’s a difference between ‘favored by less than 50% of the population’ and ‘fringe position’. If it’s that popular already, your work is almost already done. And I don’t care too much about the 20%‘s reasons—it’s the next 30%’s reasons for their positions, that matter a great deal more.Rationalists working together might be able to achieve something of note in influencing politics on an issue if it’s merely unpopular to the tune of 4:1.
Opinions change. Based on evidence, even, sometimes. If the pot states work out, people might be willing to give it a chance. But it won’t happen if its working out is not pointed out.
Second, there’s a big difference between ending the war on drugs and legalizing everything. Simply reducing drug possession or use-without-a-vehicle-involved crimes to misdemeanors would be an enormous step in the right direction and would be way more palatable to the masses than wiping out the laws altogether.
That might be true. There are a lot of conversatives who believe that most government programs aren’t worth the cost. It however doesn’t mean that those people are in favor of legalisation.
According to the latest Gallup poll 50% still believe that marijuana should be illegal.
That’s just marijuana. When it comes to harder drugs even more people want them to be illegal.
First, there’s a difference between ‘favored by less than 50% of the population’ and ‘fringe position’. If it’s that popular already, your work is almost already done. And I don’t care too much about the 20%‘s reasons—it’s the next 30%’s reasons for their positions, that matter a great deal more.Rationalists working together might be able to achieve something of note in influencing politics on an issue if it’s merely unpopular to the tune of 4:1.
Opinions change. Based on evidence, even, sometimes. If the pot states work out, people might be willing to give it a chance. But it won’t happen if its working out is not pointed out.
Second, there’s a big difference between ending the war on drugs and legalizing everything. Simply reducing drug possession or use-without-a-vehicle-involved crimes to misdemeanors would be an enormous step in the right direction and would be way more palatable to the masses than wiping out the laws altogether.