You are missing the underground market. Drug culture will get them for you.
Well, my point is that the underground market is really not well known. Not by the addict in their initial stages. I think the medical community starts this problem and continues this problem. I think medical reform is the real solution. If the patient is so thoroughly addicted that they eventually end up seeking the underground market, then I would say that they’ve been out of control for awhile and their doctors have already screwed them up.
The classic approach in the Drug War is to chase the dealers more than the users. Busting someone for a joint doesn’t get you far. Catching someone with 100 pounds of weed is better.
Well, the opioid addicts are not the best targets. Getting the dealers out of the business is the better strategy. And the primary dealers are the doctors. They initiate the problem. The government needs to study that and find a way to change the medical community. All else is hand-wringing.