Flickr user Artem, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Recently, Gallup released a report showing that Americans are more optimistic about progress on illegal drugs in the United States. Many left-leaning media outlets and social media commentators misrepresented this finding, claiming it reflected growing support for drug legalization. That is a false framing. The Pew research in question measured sentiment, not policy preference. It indicates that more Americans believe a solution to the drug problem might eventually be found, it does not mean they want drugs legalized. In reality, support for legalized marijuana, and by extension, for the legalization of other drugs, is declining. The reason is simple: the promised benefits of legalization have not materialized. Of the ten most commonly anticipated benefits…
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