And after you’re done with that first thing, legalize drugs. The rate of addiction is not influenced by law. Most of the damage done ‘by drugs’ is caused by the fact that users have to involve themselves in a criminal underworld, keep their activity secret, etc. You try doing business with criminals and not being able to go to the police no matter what happens, and see how long your happy life lasts. You could be buying bubble gum, and it would be just as bad.

Prohibition does not work. No matter what standard of proof you set, that simple fact can be proven. And no, legalizing drugs would not be the same as saying ‘drugs are good, everyone should do them!’ It would NOT result in a large increase in drug-related problems. We know these things as facts. Legalization has been done in other countries, and it just works.