I’m taking the not so laughable position that drug dealers are usually funding their own habit and that it would be far cheaper to legalize the substance in question than fill jails and provide profitability for the cartels. I also favor getting the people who are sitting in jails and consuming resources out of jail when they pose minimal risk.
Unfortunately, a lot of so called conservatives are of the persuasion that mama government needs to step in to protect people from their own folly.