You may say “self control” but everything about your approach SCREAMS “control others”.
If you actually want to fight this problem for real? The correct targets are the pharma industry and the legislators they bribe.
38% of adult Americans have an opoid prescription! THAT is the culture that needs to change. Street drugs will always exist, always have, but what is new is the government pushing these things on the population en masse.
No question municipal or County level governments are involved, imo.
Sanctuary cities provide a nice cover for cartel business, that's a fact. Criminal organizations like the democrat party might even figure out a money laundering scheme for their cartel partners involving special sales taxes, too. I doubt it will be too long before public service messages encourage responsible drug use.
“38% of adult Americans have an opoid prescription! THAT is the culture that needs to change. Street drugs will always exist, always have, but what is new is the government pushing these things on the population en masse.”
The communities in our nation that were infested with the crack cocaine epidemic have changed and have decreased consumption of crack.
So yes, people can change as can cultures.
Now, what can the people of Ohio and West Virginia lean from places like Detroit, New York and Philadelphia regarding ways to stem a drug epidemic?