The drug is so addictive users take it even after they see friends overdose on it. Sometimes it is immediately fatal. President Bush bombed a factory in Mexico in 2006 when these deaths were sweeping across the U.S. The only remedy is to remove the supply. It is too addictive for success rates. This is what Trump understands and will remedy with force.
I don't use drugs, legal or illegal. My questions come from the battles I've had, after a tooth extraction and a few years later with a shoulder injury. The doctors DEMANDED that I take pain killers "to help the healing process". I didn't take them, the pain was tolerable, and in both cases I healed just fine.
I just can't help thinking the situation is so the doctors won't have to be bothered later on if the pain really is tough to handle. I just don't get it that tolerable pain shouldn't be part of the coping and healing process.