We all (hopefully) know what happened when alcohol was criminalized. People using a drug is only part of the overall system that affects society. Alcohol is al

We all (hopefully) know what happened when alcohol was criminalized. People using a drug is only part of the overall system that affects society. Alcohol is also more trivial to illegally produce than most recreational drugs. Hell, you can make it on accident by just keeping fruit too long. Decriminalization isn't enough to resolve the societal problems caused by a system of prohibition. The greater societal problems - like poverty, homelessness, petty crime, and violence - are tied more closely to production and distribution than possession and use.