Heroin isn't anywhere close to "safe" due to the addiction dependency cycle it induces and the devastating, permanent effects it has, especially tooth loss and

Heroin isn't anywhere close to "safe" due to the addiction dependency cycle it induces and the devastating, permanent effects it has, especially tooth loss and skeletal deformations of the hips and spine. The issue is that criminalizing drug use costs society far more than encouraging treatment. It doesn't make sense to criminalize obesity, tobacco use, or alcoholism, so why continue to outlaw certain substances other than for historically-racist/-political reasons?