I am not only aware of the opioid epidemic, but my family is strongly involved in rehabilitation clinic work in Europe. My proposal is to reduce use through ed

I am not only aware of the opioid epidemic, but my family is strongly involved in rehabilitation clinic work in Europe. My proposal is to reduce use through education, rehabilitation (including tapering/MAT), and not facilitating continued use. I also propose not using language such as "safe use". Please see the approach Portugal took in 2001 where narcotics possession was legalized but interventions such as rehabilitation were enforced — this is my proposal. The approach can be supplemented by harm reduction, but harm reduction alone is ineffective and selling it as a "safe" alternative to rehabilitation programs is malicious, as can be very evidently seen in the US.