We tried a strategy. All evidence point to that strategy being a complete failure at accomplishing any of its goals. Yes, let’s try a different strategy. Yes,

We tried a strategy. All evidence point to that strategy being a complete failure at accomplishing any of its goals. Yes, let’s try a different strategy. Yes, that different strategy might be the opposite of the thing we were trying before. That’s because the thing we were trying before has failed in almost every metric for decades (including drug overdose deaths, as you’ve noted). Honestly, I genuinely don’t know how one could rationalize preserving the existing strategy. Can you explain the desire to continue applying the same failed strategy? What’s the logical argument for continuing to do the same thing?