I've been thinking about your comment on and off for a few days. It's nice to hear some sympathy for criminalization from a legalizer, with genuine empathy for

I've been thinking about your comment on and off for a few days. It's nice to hear some sympathy for criminalization from a legalizer, with genuine empathy for the addicted. Is there a natural tension between a healthy society where most citizens find fulfillment in normal life and therefore there's scant need/little consequence to legalization (of whatever variety); and an unhealthy society where far too many citizens are already addicted, the problems of drug abuse are evident for all, and legalization solves none of this? A little open-ended because it requires an honest interrogation of what a healthy society looks like, and USA by and large is not an example of this. How long does it take for the high of a change of President to wear off to realize that the most significant electoral event will effect little improvement in the life of the far majority of citizens?