legalizing drugs would make Camden even more of a hellholeNo, it would take the wind out of the sails of the gang. Gangs couldn't make money selling drugs, and therefore, wouldn't be killing each other to take over their business. This has been seen repeatedly in places that have done this.
They'd be killing each other to take over something else. Protection rackets, welfare mother paychecks, anything you please. They will beat the defenseless for a living because it is the only livelihood they know, and they will think it manly and honorable too.
There is justice only where just men rule.