> Banning drug use by force is a US pipe dream. It's impossible. Fine, but I have yet to see decriminalization policies (in the US) actually result in less usa

> Banning drug use by force is a US pipe dream. It's impossible. Fine, but I have yet to see decriminalization policies (in the US) actually result in less usage, only less incarceration. You have to actually implement policies that solve the drug problem rather than ignore it. Many drugs are understandably bad ideas to opt-in for. If people are still using them, then they don't truly believe this. If you simply decriminalize drugs without also implementing measures to educate on this point, you're going to have a greater number of people who believe that using these drugs are a good idea. When you have a nation of junkies, there are immeasurable costs and other consequences. And these consequences have further reach than the cartels.