[Dottore]

Great thread.

All the right solutions have already been posted.

I'd just add, clean up the prison system. Release those there for non-violent drug offenses. And make a serious effort to rehabilitate those that remain - or put them to work. It's such a huge waste of human capital as it is.

Reduce the role of the US military to a defensive one. And international peacekeeping. And disaster relief. No more ill-judged adventurism abroad.

Legalize, regulate and tax drug use. Use the $$ generated for treatment facilities, homeless housing etc.

Universal healthcare.

And an absolutely relentless focus on better education across the board.