> Surely the solution to this epidemic is to address the underlying drug problems first? Try this scenario out for size: Tomorrow you go shopping, while leavin

> Surely the solution to this epidemic is to address the underlying drug problems first? Try this scenario out for size: Tomorrow you go shopping, while leaving the shop, a teenager enters with a gun demanding money, he gets nervous and shoots the cashier and while running out the store shoots you in the leg. Luckily authorities are quickly at the scene, arrest the criminal, and medical personal take the clerks body away. A cop comes by you and says: Geesh, that sure looks bad, but don’t worry, we are hard at work trying to solve the youth criminal behavior at the root of your current condition. And don’t worry after you bleed to death the medics will be able to fit you in the same van as the clerk, so you won’t be that big of a bother for them. Sad though to think, before we started focusing solely on root cause issues, they could have just stopped your bleeding and taken you to the hospital. But I hope you understand, it’s about efficient allocation of resources.