Make drugs legal, ensure the safety of people using them and treat addiction like the medical problem that it is (with medical professionals instead of cops) and usage, addiction, overdose/death, and perhaps most importantly gang related violent crime are all virtually guaranteed to go down — significantly. The only problem is the nut jobs that think government policy must mimic their own version of morality are so militantly slavish to that principle that they don’t care about actual outcomes.

Yes, just like lefties and capital gains taxes, for example, where their own definition of “fairness” is more important than actual tax revenue. Just in case you want to feel both sidesy this morning.