Socialized risk is the main justification for public policy controls over risky behavior. AIDS and medical havoc wreaked by drug addiction should not be federal liabilities. That they are is part of the plan.
The worst of it is when we go to Africa and other third-world nations to socialize their risky behavior. The whole thing has gotten out of hand, and it's inevitable that it would have.
We have overextended our reach.
We also go to other nations, like Columbia, to fight the “disease” of drugs.
Expensive for the taxpayer, but profitable for many.