> Would it make it worse (easier to get drugs) or better (less stigma about treatment). That may not be as binary as it seems on idle reflection. There certai

> Would it make it worse (easier to get drugs) or better (less stigma about treatment). That may not be as binary as it seems on idle reflection. There certainly are drugs that used in extremes, and (occasionally) in moderation, put people in a position where day to day functioning is impossible, but equally there are drugs that cause very little harm for reasonable consumption patterns. All else being equal, who would you rather have living next door? A drunk or someone who smokes a fair bit of weed on the weekend? There's this thing that people do - certainly that governments seem to do with respect to the issues surrounding decriminalisation and/or legalisation - where the ideal, the thing they measure success by, is getting people to stop doing something that they wouldn't choose for themselves. That metric doesn't necessarily make a lot of sense.