The movement's supporters range beyond the Lindesmith Center and other efforts financed by Soros. We believe that the war on drugs is a fundamental evil in our society. Surveys show that most Americans still oppose making illicit drugs legal. While voters have been tolerant of letting ill people smoke marijuana, a Gallup poll this year reported that 69 percent of respondents opposed making marijuana legal for everyone. The result of this research into public attitudes has been the deliberately vague idea of harm reduction.
Critics call the medicinal marijuana issue a stalking-horse for drug legalization.
Nadelmann did not contradict him. I hope so. But he said that reports of his support for harder drugs have quoted him out of context.