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Romanians Say No to Legalizing Soft Drugs
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in Romania are against the legalization of "light" drugs, according to a poll by eResearch Corp. 59 per cent of respondents disagree with this idea, while 34 per cent agree with it.
Traian Basescu won the presidential run-off in December 2004 as the candidate of the Alliance for Justice and Truth (DA)—comprising the Democratic Party (PD) and the PNL—with 51.23 per cent of the vote.
On Sept. 22, the Romanian Presidential Committee for the Analysis of Social and Demographic Risks issued a report recommending the government to relax existing drug laws, by implementing clean-needle programs and decriminalizing the use—but not the trafficking—of drugs.
The report stated: "Drug abuse needs to be discouraged, but with the adequate difference made between soft drugs and hard drugs, especially the ones injected such as heroin, which have devastating negative effects."
The same document also called for the legalization of prostitution in Romania.
Polling Data
Do you agree or disagree with legalizing the consumption of "light" drugs in Romania?
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Agree |
34% |
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Disagree |
59% |
Source: eResearch Corp
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,197 Romanian adults, conducted on Sept. 24 and Sept. 25, 2009. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.