Not a (drug) policy expert by any means, but my speculation is that drug legalization is too much of a "soft on crime" move to be politically viable in most pla

Not a (drug) policy expert by any means, but my speculation is that drug legalization is too much of a "soft on crime" move to be politically viable in most places. Note that this doesn't require that a majority of people are anti-legalization, but rather that enough (as few as a percent or two in a swing district) won't vote for you / will vote for your opponent under any circumstances if you vote for legalization, whereas you're not particularly likely to pick up new votes from it.