Drugs Poll

QV1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow? (If undecided or refused at Q1) QV2 Which party are you most inclined to support?

  • MORI interviewed 1,014 British adults aged 18+
  • Interviews were conducted by telephone on 13-14 October 2000
  • Results are based on all respondents unless stated
  • Data are weighted to the known population profile
  • An '*' indicates a finding of less than 0.5, but greater than zero
  • Poll conducted by MORI on behalf of The Mail on Sunday

QV1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow?(If undecided or refused at Q1)QV2 Which party are you most inclined to support?

  %
Conservative 38
Labour 40
Liberal Democrats 19
Scottish/Welsh Nationalist 2
Green Party 1
Democratic/UKIP/Referendum Party *
Other 1
 
Would not vote 10
Undecided 11
Refused 1

Q1 As you may know, the Shadow Home Secretary, Ann Widdecombe, recently proposed a fixed penalty fine of 163100 for anyone caught in possession of cannabis. To what extent do you support or oppose this policy?

  %
Strongly support 22
Tend to support 16
Neither 12
Tend to oppose 20
Strongly oppose 29
Don't know 2

As you may have heard, some members of William Hague's Conservative Shadow Cabinet have admitted that they have used illegal drugs in the past.

Q2 Do you think they were right or wrong to disclose that they have used illegal drugs in the past?

  %
Right 72
Wrong 22
Don't know 6

Q3 Does their disclosure make it more or less likely that you will vote Conservative at the next election?

  %
More likely 13
Less likely 11
Makes no difference 73
Don't know 3

Q4 Most members of Tony Blair's Labour Cabinet have refused to say whether or not they have used illegal drugs in the past. Do you think they should or should not disclose whether or not they have used illegal drugs in the past?

  %
Should disclose 56
Should not disclose 32
Don't know 12

How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

Q5 All possession of cannabis should be illegal, as at presentQ6 Cannabis should be available on prescription for medicinal purposes onlyQ7 Sale of cannabis should remain illegal, but possession for personal use decriminalisedQ8 Sale of cannabis should be legal, but sold only through licensed government outletsQ9 Cannabis should be freely available to adults, like tobacco and alcoholQ10 Using cannabis leads on to using harder drugsQ11 The police spend too much time prosecuting cannabis users instead of clamping down on more dangerous drugs such as crack and heroin

  Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11
  Illegal medicinal personal govt freely leads police
  % % % % % % %
Strongly agree 26 63 24 25 10 24 40
Tend to agree 16 24 34 30 16 22 24
Neither 8 4 10 7 7 10 11
Tend to disagree 28 3 16 17 26 21 13
Strongly disagree 19 4 13 19 40 18 4
Don't know 2 1 3 3 2 6 7

Q12 Which of the following drugs have you ever taken, if any?

  %
Acid/LSD 3
Alcohol 85
Cannabis 19
Cocaine/coke 2
Ecstasy/E 2
Heroin/H *
Speed (whiz/amphetamines) 4
Tobacco 55
None of these 10
Don't know *

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