Both the drugs and the violence are just symptoms.
The cause is what needs to be addressed.
The economic inequalities and lack of opportunities.
People's trauma needs to also be addressed.
You don't become a violent criminal or an opportunistic drug addict for no reason.
The society is what's sick. The cycle of abuse must be broken.
The way the state abuses it's people and allows the banks and corporations to abuse it's people is at the root of all this.
Solutions will take generations to implement because of the hindrance and pushback we get from the state.
The police and the courts aren't here to help us, they just maintain the current order and collect revenue on behalf of the state.