I think this is mostly it. There are no new drug users coming up. Those you are addicted are maintained, those who are not too far gone are helped to reduce (mo

I think this is mostly it. There are no new drug users coming up. Those you are addicted are maintained, those who are not too far gone are helped to reduce (most at this stage probably want off and they can see how it has destroyed / is destroying their life but don't know how) As the market is disrupted, dealers move onto other drugs as there is no profit there, so is not so easy to find any more on the illicit market. The situation is different to the US, whose current problems seem to be mostly from over prescription of pain pills, then when that was closed the flooding of the country with heroin and fentanyl to an already addicted population. Purely anecdotally, the US does / did seem to prescribed lots more pain meds than any other country. When I used to use drugs (recreationally) and frequent drug forums in the early 2000s pain pills were regularly mentioned by those who used drugs recreationally for parties and were mentioned the same as party drugs, whereas in Europe they did not exist (outside the heroin scene). Now, I live in tropical South Amercia, ,where quite a few US based expats move to each year, one of the biggest problems they have is getting their medication here. A large percentage are on a huge amount of strong medication. The expats from Europe are not. I don't think the lifestyle back home was that different, I don't think US people feel pain more than others, just that the Drs prescribe lots and lots of medication. Or perhaps European Drs just under prescribe due to public health systems and not wanting to fund the medication. Or perhaps the counter, there is more profit for the US Drs to prescribe more. Whatever the cause, there is a vast difference between the two