"Yeah, I'm thinking the solution is ban more stuff and then hand the reigns back to the regulators who have definitely not been subject to regulatory capture by

"Yeah, I'm thinking the solution is ban more stuff and then hand the reigns back to the regulators who have definitely not been subject to regulatory capture by the companies that started the opioid epidemic." That is sarcasm. Prohibition has failed and the growth of grey area drugs ("designer" drugs) is one of the direct consequences. I am not arguing against regulation, I am arguing against prohibition. As JumpCrisscross brought up, they are very different things.