Most of the drug problem is caused by the welfare state, which is the great enabler. Prior to the welfare state, alcohol and drug abuse was self-limiting because addicts who exhausted the support capacity, or the tolerance, of their families were reduced to squalor and died pretty quickly. It was ugly, but effective. Today we feed, house and medicate them, and they live, breed, and vote democrat.
I grew up in Miami in the 80’s and 90’s. I never saw heroin in my life. There was cocaine, and since there really was a war on drugs, it was too expensive for curious kids.
Back then the DEA was in Colombia burning coca fields, drug interceptions before entering the country made nightly news. What is going on now is a farce.
Today heroin is cheaper, and easier to get than beer, and “just say no” turned into “legalize, it’s medicinal”. Billions $ have been spent on this social engineering of narcotic drug use by elitists who will profit from the misery of others. Afghan poppy fields are at record production under US military protection, and we have an opium epidemic in the country that exceeds alcohol and car accidents in accidental deaths. World markets are being flooded with pure heroin, and world citizens are bring deceived beyond most people’s comprehension.
Our complicit government has the blood of American children on its hands, along with the enabling “media”. God will take care of them, everyone else take care of your families.
The welfare state was also created by the law book, but you do make a great point. We need to massively reduce the size and scope of the Federal Government.