Oregon has shown that drug legalization that comes before building a functional health care system doesn’t produce the same results as Portugal. Legalization works in Portugal because they have that. Drugs must be treated as a medical issue, not a criminal issue, but they must be treated. Sure we can legalize before we have health care, but it’s gonna be a little fucked up.

Ideally, there’s free rehab. Most drugs are legal but in some cases only permitted in a supervised matter, with tested product. Some drugs are just too dangerous for recreational use and will remain banned, with laws against import, manufacturing and sales but not possession.