Define &quot;long time.&quot; Among the general public, it was only 2011-12 when more people wanted marijuana legal than illegal: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.people-press.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;14&#x2F;in-debate-over-legalizing-marijuana-disagreement-over-drugs-dangers&#x2F;4-14-2015_01" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.people-press.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;14&#x2F;in-debate-over-legali...</a>. That&#x27;s a very short time in political timescale (especially in a government with representative rather than direct democracy).<p>The public opinion on other drugs <i>is not</i> controversial. People broadly agree they should be illegal: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;04&#x2F;17&#x2F;drug-legalization-poll_n_5162357.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;04&#x2F;17&#x2F;drug-legalization-p...</a>.<p>There is pretty much nothing 75-85% of Americans agree on, other than that heroin, cocaine, LSD, etc, should be illegal. Well, that and that we should throw people in prison for life after three felonies: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=_wcyrot2kcUC&amp;pg=PA234&amp;lpg=PA234&amp;dq=support+for+three+strikes+laws+time+cnn+1994&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Fn4jlAS-Fz&amp;sig=vCJx0crZyYT4MsNgDfE4Z5PTpeI&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwje_u3V36rMAhUDaz4KHfVKDo0Q6AEIPDAE#v=onepage&amp;q=support%20for%20three%20strikes%20laws%20time%20cnn%201994&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=_wcyrot2kcUC&amp;pg=PA234&amp;lpg=...</a>