I agree, but it’s worth keeping in mind that if drugs were legalised then the cartels would turn to something else. They wouldn’t all just go get jobs at McDonalds.
Ideally we’d be empowering the cartels to legitimise their business through incentives that keep the product price high (inflation hasn’t touched most drugs in 20 years, they’re not really expensive). I don’t know how feasible that is (I’m thinking out loud) but it has to be better than pushing them on to more nefarious substances, human trafficking etc.
