You seem to have thought about this topic a lot. Curious if you’ve read and disagree with how hard drugs are handled in Portugal. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2018/10/portugal-opioid

There’s lots of arguments and counter arguments with how to deal with large scale drug addiction. All I can say is, if the “solution” involves ignoring addicts, not providing safe materials, and continuing to plant addicts in jail….we’ll be looking at a propagation of how bad it is now.

The solution has to be well past cleaning the streets, having narcan, sanitary supplies. The solution has to be well past treating addicts and dealers as criminals.

Truth is, people of all creeds get hooked on opiates. Middle aged parents with a back injury. Businesses’ make millions legally selling these harmful drugs, yet teenagers that have no community support get sent to jail and end up killing each other for turf.

The big question, are we looking to create a better world or are we looking to create the impression of a better world. A world without addiction and a world where the addicts get shoveled off to the side appear imperceptible to a citizen on the street