[empyrrhicist]

Umm... that's much more likely to be opiates and meth, and the criminalization hasn't especially helped with those either.

Not to mention, the language you use is really cruel.

[jiveturkey42]

Likewise I think non-enforcement of drug laws tacitly permitting people to self-destruct in the streets is really cruel

[empyrrhicist]

The question isn't about whether it's good to just let people self destruct, its whether criminalization helps. Not every problem is a police problem.