The problem with heroine is not that it isn’t “clean”. It’s that it consumes the person addicted to it, becomes the sole driver of every waking behavior, like

The problem with heroine is not that it isn’t “clean”. It’s that it consumes the person addicted to it, becomes the sole driver of every waking behavior, like food, only more important. It happens with prescription pain medication obtained legally as well, and with alcohol to a segment of the population with a particular disposition towards it. For a drug that ensnares every fourth person who uses it once, it’s hard to imagine making it more available solving the problem.