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by woodandsteel 3250 days ago
Well, yes and no. You are right that it is essential to spend a whole lot of money on health services. But if drugs are illegal then a great deal of those limited funds go instead to policing.

Besides that, people are a whole lot more likely to voluntarily go for help if they know they won't be arrested for what they have been doing.