Last I checked, hawking Sinaloa meth in broad daylight is a crime. If you have to "get creative" with civil lawsuits to make it stop, somebody isn't doing their jobhttps://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1309177127984656387 …
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Do what Portugal did and decriminalize everything. Addiction falls (because it's safe to get treatment), crime falls because drugs aren't as expensive, tourism is up because the streets are safe. Same thing happened in US when we ended Prohibition.
To say that Portugal "decriminalized everything" is extremely misleading. For one thing, drug dealing is still a serious criminal offense. For another, there are a wide array of sanctions imposed for drug possession/use. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal …pic.twitter.com/8z7SrNeyxQ
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To be clear, the only thing I've proposed — jailing *dealers* — is absolutely in line with Portugal's strategy. Portugal doesn't jail users, though it *can* confiscate their property, restrict their travel, cut off their personal contacts and restrict their job opportunities.
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Thus the use of the term "decriminalize", rather than "legalize". Of course full legalization is necessary for many of the benefits of defunding the cartels and improving drug quality. But the reductions in crime AND addiction are very clear.
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