The majority of Americans continue to believe drugs are a serious problem in the United States, according to a new poll.
Gallup’s annual Crime poll found that 65 percent of people in the US describe the problem of illegal drugs as “extremely” or “very serious.”
In previous Gallup polls, Americans have frequently mentioned drugs as one of the most important problem facing the country.
“The US has long struggled with problems coming from the sale and use of illegal drugs, such as drug-related crime and drug addiction,” Gallup said.
The United States is suffering from a “huge epidemic” of heroin addiction, as cheap supply has pushed the number of users to a 20-year high and increasing drug-related deaths, according to the United Nations.
The number of heroin users in the US reached around one million in 2014, almost three times as many as in 2003, according to the UN’s annual World Drug Report released in June.
Drug abuse in the United States has…