War On Drugs

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* Planks about the War On Drugs from Mark Rauterkus are within the Crime and Punishment platform planks. crime and punishment-planks-Rauterkus
* War On Drugs-plank-Stagerwald from the Tribune Review in October 2007
===Statements===
* CAGW Report Calls Drug Policies a Waste
==Links==
* Zogby Poll Finds 45 Percent Support Making Cigarettes Illegal
==External Links==
* Drug Policy Alliance
* LEAP Law Enforcement Against Prohibiition
* Local blogger, Barnstormin, posts Does the penalty fit 2 Concerning PA House Bill 1704. Is this a necessary to fight drugs, or it’s just a way for politicians to grandstand? HB 1704 would punish people for drug delivery resulting in death, requiring a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in jail and a $15,000 fine. The bill has passed the state House and is under review by the state Senate Judiciary Committee as of December 2005.
==Insights==
===Should the War on Drugs continue?===
* 20.2% YES! And we need to redouble our efforts! More life sentences! More mandatory drug tests! More no-knock warrants!
* 13.9% Yes! Continue on our present course.
* 15.0% Well yes, but obey the Constitution. Repeal civil asset forfeiture and/or lessen some of the more outrageous punishments.
* 32.3% No. Legalize the safer drugs such as marijuana. Tax and regulate them like liquor.
* 18.5% No! Legalize all recreational drugs for adult use. (What you take is none of the government’s business as long as you handle your ‘high’
responsibly.) 
: * Average Weight = 76.0
Nearly three times as many people agree with the Libertarian position on the drug war as with the typical Libertarian stance on taxes and spending!
Practice a bit of moderation, incrementalism if you will, by focusing just on marijuana nets 32.3% + 18.5% = 50.8% of quiz takers. 
I am assuming that our hypothetical Libertarian candidate remains the most radical pro-freedom candidate, so those who favor a more radical pro-freedom stance still favor the Libertarian. As long as this holds true, we can add up percentages starting at the bottom when evaluating more moderate stances.