Throwing money at those proud, cocky troublemakers won’t help. There’s human misery all over the place from recreational drug abuse. Save the neighbors victimized by the pushers, the addicts and their friends. Shut down the preachers of the drug and pit bull religion by arresting them all. Put them in camps in the desert...or in the ocean.
The left didn’t want the money to help; they wanted it to build an extensive faux-industry around this problem, with income streams for “workers” who will reliably vote Democrat. Once money is flowing to a new batch of government workers, those receiving it NEVER want the problem fixed - then they’d have to get a real job.