Well, here in Brazil they are dangerous criminals and very, very violent, and no, they won't turn into upstanding citizens if the money from drugs dries up. The

Well, here in Brazil they are dangerous criminals and very, very violent, and no, they won't turn into upstanding citizens if the money from drugs dries up. They'll turn into other forms of cime, probably just as violent. However, in the long term they won't be making as much money as now, so they won't have the crazy arsenal they have today (military grade stuff, like rocket launchers, grenades, etc). I find it ridiculous that we keep it illegal, which drives the price way up, which fuels the gangs pockets, so they become heavily armed, and in turn so does the police, and the result is that not a week goes by in some cities where an innocent isn't hit by a stray bullet. In the end, I'd rather have someone die of an overdose because they chose to and ended up (unfortunately) in that situation than to have the whole city hostage to this unwinnable war, and to have people die just because they happen to live in a bad neighborhood.