No solution is simple, even full legalization (which is wrong IMO) or decriminalization (which is a good start).
A good parallel is alcohol. Sure, a vast majority of booze sold is legal and the government gets it's cut, but there are tons of alcohol related deaths. TONS. Not to mention, people still homebrew legally and illegally.
If the government had a monopoly on hard drugs, the old drug king pins would simply invent something new and the people will abuse it. The government is too inefficient to ever win the battle.
Hypothetically, even if the government has an absolute stranglehold on the entire drugs market, people will still get high and kill themselves in other ways. Huffing gasoline, or abusing prescription drugs that were stolen or ingesting experimental substances to chase a high.
I'm not saying I know the answer, but I know it's not an easy one or a black and white one. Not even sure there is an answer except for families and schools to try their best to educate kids.
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