It is clear that the need/desire for drugs will not disappear. Not only that, but drug usage seems to be on quite the incline. One of the biggest problems with

It is clear that the need/desire for drugs will not disappear. Not only that, but drug usage seems to be on quite the incline. One of the biggest problems with drugs is the paraeconomy that is created, funnelling millions to the wrong hands, and ending up with fentanyl spiked dope on the market. If we accept that the need for drugs will not go away, then they need to be legalized, controlled, taxed, and regulated so that not only the cartels aren't funded, but the state receives their profit and turns it into measures for controlling drug abuse, for offering help, etc. Now how do we handle the general lack of meaning that the west is experiencing which is turning people into mice hitting the dopamine level forever running on the hedonistic treadmill, that's a different question.