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Yeah, sorry - I'm a bit all over the place, so let me be clear. I'm not arguing that decriminalization has caused the problem per se. My main point is that the

Yeah, sorry - I'm a bit all over the place, so let me be clear. I'm not arguing that decriminalization has caused the problem per se. My main point is that the proliferation of video of these open air drug markets is a PR disaster for efforts towards legalization because the perception is that this is what you get when you decriminalize. Part of my point also is that lack of enforcement of other laws worsens the issue - both for the users who hang out on these places and also for the perception of the voters who people in favor of saner drug policy are trying to sway.

kerkeslager 3y ago
Yeah, that's a really hard problem to solve, though. Some problems don't have pretty or hideable solutions, and that doesn't mean we should just not solve them. Homelessness is probably even more difficult in this regard: homeless men are dirty, smelly, and scary, and that turns a lot of people off from wanting to help them, which is why almost every program for the homeless I know of is geared toward making them less visible, even if doing so actively harms the homeless.