Considering the drug war has been a total failure, maybe we shouldn’t worry about so-called drug lords. And weaning people off of an addictive substance slowly can be quite effective, so yes, giving them a specific amount of fentanyl under the care of a doctor could certainly be a treatment option. And, again, they have legitimate pain issues which they will not be able to afford to deal with because they’re the poorest of the poor and those people don’t get care for chronic issues they can’t pay to deal with… so they’ll probably just go back to using anyway.
We’ve been focusing on the drug war and not on the nation’s healthcare issues for decades. What has it gotten us?