During alcohol prohibition, alcohol wasn't illegal to consume, posses or buy, it was only illegal to manufacture, transport and supply. In other words, alcohol prohibition was more like decriminalisation.
So decriminalisation was never really the solution because it leaves the supply in the hands of criminals and all the problems that creates.
What needs to happen is actual legalisation.
Linux distros are *not* easier to use now.
I strongly disagree. It takes all of 5 mins to install Linux on a PC from a USB stick. If Windows didn't come with your PC, good luck. Also once installed, any update of *all* programs is as simple as "apt update", or even letting the auto-updater run in the background if enabled. On Windows the system upgrade just reboots the PC WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION overnight, and for any program you have to hunt down, download and install new versions individually. Which leads to people never upgrading them, which leads to security problems, which leads to spending hours cleaning sick PCs with antiviruses.
And one more thing, any problem you have on Linux can be found online with a solution that starts with "type this...", while on Windows it's "click on this then that, then that..." but the windows don't match because it's the home version not the pro version or whatnot. No, Linux has been WAY EASIER to use for the last 10 or 15 years.
CO2 taxes would make the nuclear proposition must better from an economics point of view.
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.