Drugs are NOT a victimless crime. Our so called 'war on drugs' was a pathetic answer from our government. Other countries have slowed it down (just ask Brittany Griner) but the US has done nothing at all. The death penalty would have to be used and used effectively. None of this 20 years in prison with endless appeals stuff. Hang dealers immediately. Lock up users for lengthy sentences. I know that sounds harsh and it would be very expensive but that's what it will take to get it done.
The countries that have slowed it down are those that de-criminalized it and have treated addition as a medical condition and used social programs to get people off the hard drugs.
I'm no fan of drug users and I've never even smoked pot in my life but simply with the connections between drug addiction, homelessness and mental illness I'm kinda coming around to the only way to fix this is to reopen the mental hospitals and start to treat these folks to get them off the hard drugs. From a fiscal standpoint it may be cheaper than any alternative.
