The entire drug MESS could be cleared up with two relatively simple decisions by the FDA:
1. Legalize marijuana. It is less harmful than alchohol.
2. Give addicts to hard drugs a prescription for what they need. This is how it was done until about 40-50 years ago and it was an inexpensive and dignified way to handle addiction.
Addiction rates in this country did not skyrocket until the drugs were made ILLEGAL, thereby providing a source of profit for criminals, police and politicians. A replay of Prohibition.