Defund the gangs by making drugs legal. Let the idiots who want to take them kill themselves.
Drugs are practically legal in Canada. What you see happening is these druggies killing each other over the crumbs of the trade. If you think legalizing drugs will make the world a better place, you're dead wrong. All you end up with is a useless, dependant population. Welfare, Winnipeg's largest employer. At least in the north end and "core area" it is.