"Health & Medical News"

If all currently illicit drugs were legalized only a relative handful of Americans would try drugs like cocaine or heroin, according to a Zogby poll sponsored by a drug-policy reform group.

A poll of about 1,000 likely voters ages 18 or older found that only 0.6 percent replied “yes” when asked, “If hard drugs such as heroin or cocaine were legalized, would you be likely to use them?” Ninety-nine percent answered “no,” and 0.4 percent said they were not sure.

The poll was sponsored by StoptheDrugWar.org, which noted that about 0.3 percent of Americans are current users of heroin and about 2.4 percent are current cocaine users, according to the federal government.

The poll did not include questions about the impact of legalizing marijuana.

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