Decriminalization is mostly pointless step and won't work to fix the "drug" issue. It only solves one piece of the puzzle, jailing non-violent people. You still have black markets, you still have stigmatization, you still have unknown and mystery substances (users don't know what they are actually getting).
To "solve" the drug issue we need full legalization and regulation of all drugs, and safe centers/locations where drugs can be used under medical supervision.
I partially agree with this. Not all drugs should be legalized, but rather, handled differently. In Seattle, the latest "drug enforcement" failed because the judicial system knew they didn't have the people-power to process the inflow of repeat offenders, who are cycled through the system and let go, only to repeat again. It may keep them off the streets for a bit, but it doesn't solve anything.
Police should be able to enforce drug abuse, but it's a different path.
There will always be black markets for the people who don't trust the government and certainly for people who don't want to go to some supervised location.
Perfect shouldn't be the enemy of good etc, but some of it feels like just make the gov't complicit in people absolutely ruining their own lives. Its a tough nut to crack.
To "solve" the drug issue we need full legalization and regulation of all drugs, and safe centers/locations where drugs can be used under medical supervision.