The movement's supporters range beyond the Lindesmith Center and other efforts financed by Mr. 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.
Mr. 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. Mr. Nadelmann has advised the campaign putting medicinal marijuana on state ballots, which is spearheaded by a group calling itself Americans for Medical Rights, with no mention of marijuana. Not all critics of government drug policy want to make illicit drugs legal.