Rasmoh posted...
It almost assuredly would. If street drugs were legalized and regulated, much of the things that make them unsafe would simply go away.
They wouldn't go away
entirely,
since there will almost certainly always be a black market that offers cheaper products by skirting regulations, but offering a safe, legal alternative with a well-documented supply chain can be be consumed in supervised consumption sites instead of alone in a back alley would indeed go a long way to helping save lives and reduce addiction problems.